The novella that makes up most of this book tells the story of a southern psychiatrist who stirs up scandal when he loses his grip and starts going around town telling the secrets of all his prominent patients. Five other stories, some including cameos by characters from Gilchrist's earlier books, round out the collection.

Thirty years after the murder of a civil rights leader, a Louisiana man, Aaron Crown, is convicted of the crime. Crown asserts his innocence and asks Dave Robicheaux, sheriff's deputy of New Iberia, to find the real killer. Robicheaux's involvement throws him in the midst of the media circus gathered to cash in on the long overdue decision. In addition to the attention of the big city film crews, the case draws the attention of Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Buford LaRose, who claims that the book he wrote helped convict Crown; it becomes clearer that LaRose and his shady backers want to ride the press coverage straight to the governor's mansion.

Grass's satirical novel is about the new Germany, and what it has lost in its transition from the old Germany that Grass has so often lamented in his work.

THE CALL OF THE WILD, Jack London's masterpiece, tells the gripping tale of a dog named Buck who is wrenched out of his life of ease and luxury to become a sled dog in Alaska. Drawing on his wolf heritage, Buck must fight for survival in an alien environment.

This is the first book in the Damned trilogy. When an alien race tries to recruit Earth to its side in an intergalactic war, they discover that humanity's propensity for violence exceeds even their own.

This is the first book in the Damned trilogy. When an alien race tries to recruit Earth to its side in an intergalactic war, they discover that humanity's propensity for violence exceeds even their own.