International selling author Richard Freeborn does it again in this eclectic page-turning collection of eight stories.

Begin with disaster in space. Follow with fire, drought, and poison. Eavesdrop on a sibling quarrel. Empathize with a man who learns his family is even more different than he believes or imagines.

Finish with theft and double cross at one of the strangest festivals in the world.

• Angels Without Faces

• The Wrath of First Dog

• The Golden Land

• Field Promotion

• Saving Rome

• The Vagaries of Time

• Sour Bite

• Christmas at the Radish Festival