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 . . .