Here are seven stories set in the same universe as the author's bestselling "The Reality Dysfunction" and "The Neutronium Alchemist". In "A Second Chance at Eden", a new police chief on a new world must solve the ultimate locked-room mystery. In "The Lives and Loves of Tiarella Rosa", a fugitive terrorist crosses worlds to find love--and learns what one woman will do to protect her destiny. And in "Escape Route", the "Lady Macbeth" discovers an ancient, derelict starship, and Captain Marcus Calvert must unlock its alien secrets in time to save his crew.