This ninth anthology of all-original Darkover stories, first published in 1991, covers events from the founding of the Comyn Council to centuries-later encounters of Terrans with chieri.

This volume contains stories by Elisabeth Waters, Margaret L. Carter, Dorothy J. Heydt, Priscilla Armstrong, Lynne Armstrong-Jones, Chel Avery, Patricia Cirone, Mary K. Frey, Diana Gill, Jacquie Groom, Aimee Kratts, Deborah J. Mays, Lynn Michals, Patricia Duffy Novak, Roxanne Pierson, Diann Partridge, Diana Perry & Vera Nazarian, Janet Rhodes, Lawrence Schimel, Janni Lee Simner, Joan Marie Verba, and Lana Young.