This book collects the very earliest published short stories by sci-fi/fantasy author Elizabeth Moon. Written between 1986-1995, many of them feel a little dated. A number of the stories center on men who failed to read the contracts before they signed, and this level of incompetence can be hard to empathize with. There are some standouts however- "ABCs in Zero G" tells of a hardworking team of EMTs on a space station and the unique challenges of administering emergency care to patients in space suits, and without the aid of gravity. "A Delicate Adjustment" is a tense story of medical ethics in a world in which declining fertility, embryo cloning projects, and human emotions lead to a clash of legality and morality. There are two military stories, "Politics" and "In Suspect Terrain" which both felt quite original for such a well-trod genre. The final story is set in the world of Moon's fantasy trilogy The Deed of Paksenarrion.