Many short stories spanning the present to the end of life-as-we-know-it, chronicling the rise and fall of humanity and its interaction with the enigmatic Xeelee. An additional interstory narrative ties the works together.

Contents:

• 1 Era: Expansion
  • The Sun-People
  • The Logic Pool
  • Gossamer
  • Cilia-of-Gold
  • Lieserl
• 2 Era: Squeem Occupation
  • Pilot
  • The Xeelee Flower
  • More Than Time or Distance
  • The Switch
• 3 Era: Qax Occupation
  • Blue Shift
  • The Quagma Datum
  • Planck Zero
• 4 Era: Assimilation
  • The Gödel Sunflowers
  • Vacuum Diagrams
• 5 Era: The War to End Wars
  • Stowaway
  • The Tyranny of Heaven
  • Hero
• 6 Era: Flight
  • Secret History
• 7 Era: Photino Victory
  • Shell
  • The Eighth Room
  • Baryonic Lords
• Epilogue: Eve