* SET IN THE WORLD OF THE AMAZON #1 BESTSELLING THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN * 'Philosophical, clever, and emotional' - LOCUS'Compassion and empathy and love and hope' - KARA REVIEWSFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN AND THE HOUSE OF STYXFrom the clouds of Venus to the origins of the time gates, this collection of novellas and short fiction visits many favourite worlds of the Quantum Evolution universe, as well as some new to the series. With two 20,000-plus-word novellas and four long short stories, this collection is a stunning showcase of talent.Collecting: "Persephone Descending", "Schools of Clay", "Beneath Sunlit Shallows", "Flight From the Ages", Pollen From a Future Harvest and Tool Use By Humans of Danzhai County, this is a must for all fans of forward-thinking science fiction.