This fifth anthology of all-original Darkover stories, first published in 1987, contains the following stories: Ballad of Hastur and Cassilda, by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Shadow, by Marion Zimmer Bradley Flight, by Nina Boal Devil's Advocate, by Patricia Buard Different Path, by Penny Buchanan The Promise, by Mary Fenoglio The Sum of the Parts, by Dorothy J. Heydt Coils, by Patricia Shaw Mathews Kihar, by Vera Nazarian Salt, by Diann Patridge A Different Kind of Victory, by Diana L. Paxson Wasteland, by Deborah J. Ross Playfellow, by Elisabeth Waters The Dare, by Marny Whiteaker A Cell Opens, by Joseph Wilcox