She was a spy, and they took everything from her. Now she has nothing left except for the memory of better things. It's time to come home.

As the situation worsens, martial law is declared. Coming back home to Little Grange, Joanna finds that uplifts are suffering from some sort of effect that dims them, makes them docile. The villagers demand action, but, more pressingly, her lifelong friend Brock is missing…

A mystery disease is sweeping the country, affecting uplifts. As restrictions on yellowdust get tighter as well, what can be done about her friend…?

For Joanna and Brock, life has been good. They share a house together, living well, both with local jobs. But something is changing in the world, and it's being felt first in their little village...

A chapter ends for Artesano. Obsolescence beckons. Progress marches on.

Things have changed in Centrum, and industry drives the city. But the face that industry wears is not a pleasant one. Progress is fuelled by the sweat and blood of humans and uplifts alike...

In the first part of three, a Guild Messenger finds that things have changed in the city of Centrum. A pall of smoke hangs over the slums, factories and refineries churn out yellowdust, and the poor work hard in the name of progress...

Two treasure-hunting squirrels bite off more than they can chew...

An explorer, a seeker of antiquities, finds himself at a point of no return...

A con-man tries to get one over on a church congregation…