Hugo and Nebula Award-winner James Patrick Kelly may offer the "Promise
of Space," but he delivers so much more. The sixteen stories included in
this collection demonstrate the versatility of the author as a visionary
and science fiction as a genre. Exploring Directed Intelligence, space
opera, and shared sensory perception, he paints vivid pictures of
startling futures and fantastic landscapes. And while Kelly pushes the
boundaries of technology, his focus remains always on character, giving
these speculative tales of loyalty and betrayal, love and desire, the
human touch . . .