CONTENTS
Introduction: What’s Going on Out There?
Winning Peace
Night’s Slow Poison
All the Painted Stars
Firstborn
Riding the Crocodile
The Lost Princess Man
The Waiting Stars
Alien Archeology
The Muse of Empires Lost
Ghostweight
A Cold Heart
The Colonel Returns to the Stars
The Impossibles
Utriusque Cosmi
Section Seven
Invisible Empire of Ascending Light
The Man with the Golden Balloon
Looking Through Lace
A Letter from the Emperor
The Wayfarer’s Advice
Seven Years from Home
Verthandi’s Ring
Publication History
About the Editor