The world of the Fading Suns is revealed in the tales of its people: priests, nobles, guildsmembers, aliens and peasants. Within this short story anthology: The quest of an Ukar for an ancient relic of his race's mythology - a crown that can bend time itself; a priest finds absolution from his tortured sins in the storms of Pentateuch, the Planet of Mysteries; a scientist studying nanotech ressurects an evil from the time of the Second Republic. These stories and more show the tumultuous fate of humankind four millenia from now. Edited by Bill Bridges.