With settings ranging from the dead sands of Mars to the seedy backstreets of Amsterdam and Buenos Aires, these action packed tales explore mind-bending ideas through the eyes of unforgettable and all-too-human characters. As their lives implode around them, will they use the moment to save their own skins, or to find a way to make up for past misdeeds? Who will they save? Who would you save? This entertaining and thought-provoking collection features work drawn from Powell?s twenty-year career as a writer, including previously unpublished material alongside some of his best-loved stories.