Notes: Cover credits: Image: JPL/GALAXY; Design: TWBG - Peter Cotton. From the verso of the title page: First published in Great Britain by Orbit 2005. Reprinted 2005, 2006; thus third printing The material in this book has all been previously published, in versions that are either slightly or substantially different. Only 'Glorious Destiny' is completely unaltered:

• 'Stealing Alabama' - January 2001, Asimov's Science Fiction
• 'The Days Between' - March 2001, Asimov's Science Fiction
• 'Coming to Coyote' - July 2001, Asimov's Science Fiction
• 'Liberty Journals' - October/November 2001, Asimov's Science Fiction
• 'The Boid Hunt' - Star Colonies, ed. Martin Greenberg and John Helfers, Daw, June 2000
• 'Across the Eastern Divide' - February 2002, Asimov's Science Fiction
• 'Lonesome and a Long Way from Home' - June 2002, Asimov's Science Fiction
• 'Glorious Destiny' - December 2002, Asimov's Science Fiction

The novel ends on p. 546. Acknowledgements: p. 547 (dated March 2000 - October 2001) Sources: p. 549 (list of books)