The second book in the Urban Nucleus series, containing the following:

Prelude: The Domes (1978)

If a Flower Could Eclipse (1970)

Interlude: The Testimony of Leland Turner (1979)

Old Folks at Home (1978)

Interlude: The City Takes Care of Its Own (1979)

The Windows in Dante's Hell (1973)

Interlude: Volplaning Heroes (1979)

The Samurai and the Willows (1976)

Interlude: First Councilor Lesser (1979)

Allegiances (1975)

Interlude: The Cradle Begins to Rock (1979)

At the Dixie-Apple with the Shoofly-Pie Kid (1977)

Interlude: The Fall of Saganella Lesser (1979)

Death Rehearsals (1979)