CONTENTS

II The Peaches of Forever 19

III The Comrade. 27

IV Death in Palmyra. 39

V No Man Shuns His Doom.. 60

VI Encounter 73

VII The Same Kind. 86

VIII Lady in Waiting. 99

IX Ghosts. 107

X In the Hills. 113

XI The Kitten and the Cardinal 123

XII The Last Medicine. 134

XIII Follow the Drinking Gourd. 143

XIV Men of Peace. 154

XV Coming Together 176

XVI Niche. 186

XVII Steel 192

XVIII Judgment Day. 203

XIX Thule. 254

Chronology. 334

Glossary. 335