Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Silk Road Convoy -- Marathon -- Liberty Ships -- The LS-1187 -- Recalled to Life -- A Situation of Some Gravity -- Korie's Cabin -- Eye in the Sky -- The Morthan Solidarity -- Harlie -- The Scanning Lens -- Return of the Dragon -- Winged Beans -- The Hole Thing -- The Probe -- Lord of the Dragons -- Homeward -- Stardock -- In the Vice-admiral's Office -- Mail Call -- The Crew -- The Exorcism -- The Captain's Cabin -- Chief of Security -- Decisions -- A Little History -- The Inner Hull -- Officers' Country -- Ship's Mess -- Subluminal -- Superluminal -- Quillas -- A Good Idea at the Time -- Rendezvous -- The Burke -- The Morthan Diplomatic Corps -- Traps -- Hard Decisions -- High-cycle Fluctuators -- The Shuttle Bay -- Harder Decisions -- Coffee -- Provisions -- Med Station -- The Forward Observatories -- Status Report -- Signals -- A Morthan Lullaby -- The Operations Deck -- Sick Bay -- The Bridge -- The Last Letter Home -- The Lie.