A new science fiction anthology that looks at the next giant leap for humankind: the leap from our home world out into the Solar System. The thirteen stories in this anthology span the whole of the human condition in its race to colonise Earth's nearest neighbors

Girl-thing who went out for sushi / Pat Cadigan -- Deeps of the sky / Elizabeth Bear -- Drive / James S.A. Corey -- Road to NPS / Sandra McDonald and Stephen D. Covey -- Swift as a dream and fleeting as a sigh / John Barnes -- Macy Minnot's last Christmas on Dione, Ring racing, Fiddler's green, the Potter's garden / Paul McAuley -- Safety tests / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Bricks, sticks, straw / Gwyneth Jones -- Tyche and the ants / Hannu Rajaniemi -- Obelisk / Stephen Baxter -- Vainglory / Alastair Reynolds -- Water rights / An Owomoyela -- Peak of eternal light / Bruce Sterling