A terrorist targets the cybernetic community of a teeming and diverse metropolis. Mecha gladiators battle in a decaying factory. Nomadiks, dodging desertification and the law, set up thriving temporary market towns. Rising seas and obsolete skills lead unemployed laborers to the darknet. When a ship full of explosives goes astray, Trotsky must row to the rescue. Includes "Flowers of Avalon", a brand new story.