Running from poverty and hopelessness, Ramón Espejo boarded one of the great starships of the mysterious, repulsive Enye. But the new life he found on the far-off planet of São Paulo was no better than the one he abandoned. Then one night his rage and too much alcohol get the better of him. Deadly violence ensues, forcing Ramón to flee into the wilderness. Mercifully, almost happily alone-far from the loud, bustling hive of humanity that he detests...

The Great Anthology of Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy Terry Goodkind tells of the origin of the Border between the lands in the world of The Sword of Truth, in "Debt of Bones." George R. R. Martin sets his piece a generation before his epic, A Song of Ice and Fire, in the adventure of "The Hedge Knight." Anne McCaffrey, the poet of Pern, returns once again to her world of romance and adventure in "Runner of Pern." And look for Legends...