This sixth anthology of all-original Darkover stories, first published in 1988, contains the following stories: House Rules, by Marion Zimmer Bradley; A Man of Impulse, by Marion Zimmer Bradley; The Devourer Within, by Margaret L. Carter; Out of Ashes, by Patricia B. Cirone; A King's Ransom, by Kay Morgan Douglas; Mourning, by Audrey J. Fulton; Festival Night, by Dorothy J. Heydt; Sort of Chaos, by Millea Kenin; My Father's Son, by Meg MacDonald; To Challenge Fate, by Sandra C. Morrese; The Jackel, by Vera Nazarian; Swarm Song, by Roxana Pierson; The Death of Brendon Ensolare, by Deborah J. Ross; Circles, by G.R. Sixbury; Death's Scepter, by Joan Marie Verba; A Laughing Matter, by Rachel R. Walker; Sin Catenas, by Elisabeth Waters.