Eighteen science fiction stories, including "The Other Foot", "Zero Hour," "The Long Rain," "The Rocket Man," "The Last Night of the World," and "The Exiles.".
In the year 2051, when most Americans live in one of two gigantic, modern States, Faith Daniels, part of a dwindling group that lives between, learns that she, like other misfits, has unusual abilities that could help when the inevitable war begins.