Expand the mind. Search the soul. Eighteen short stories about science, love, choice, passion, and the human condition, including: "The Choice" - There's the law, and then there's The Law. "Blown" - Not everything that is invented should be used. "Eve Breaks" - Men, women, and feelings hurt beyond repair. "The Hearing" - A prisoner is finally granted parole. Or so he thinks. "The Box" - A clever inventor goes too far in the pursuit of truth. "The Lesson" - What do you teach the man who knows everything? "A Matrix Reloaded" - The gods first torment those whom they would destroy. "The Swan" - Beauty. Truth. Ugliness. Deeper truth.