In this explosive anthology, ten of science fiction's best new and classic writers imagine the soldiers who will one day fight and die on distant worlds.Featuring stories by: Fritz Leiber • Joe Haldeman • Paul J. McAuley • Alastair Reynolds • Stephen Baxter • William Barton • Tom Purdom • Robert Reed • Fred Saberhagen

A collection of fifteen short stories depicts angelic interventions in subtle forms and includes the writings of such authors as Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Roger Zelazny.