An interesting assortment of stories. Some are nearly horror (zombies, mutation by virus, mutation by comet...). There's a Torin Kerr story by Tanya Huff - a previously-untold (as far as I know) story of her time in Recon, and a very (very) nasty mission. Just who was testing what? There's some very rich stories about teamwork and partnership - the one about rescuing the alien, and the last story about the climbers, stick in my mind. And the recovered zombie. The weirdest one was the dimensional rift - and annoying, too, they knew how it ended (after all, it already happened). Overall, worth reading, and probably worth rereading - I may skip some of the stories, though (the Ropers is an annoying structure with a very creepy story in it, for instance - I could stand not reading that again. Well-written, just not for me). ( )