Two black jaguars become the symbol of hope for a race facing extinction when they accompany a dying traveler back to her home planet. Jaguar Hope a novelette, tells of the ill-fated journey to Earth's Age of Crystal in this action-packed prequel to the award-winning historical fantasy novel, Zero Time.

Four-year-old White Heron begins her journey as a master shaman when she arrives in Teotihuacan with her sister Quilla and Mama Couen. Her fledgling skills prove the only defense against a priest of the Lord of Darkness in The Mother Serpent's Daughter, a short story prequel to the historical fantasy novel, Zero Time.