The second book in the Urban Nucleus series, containing the following: Prelude: The Domes (1978) If a Flower Could Eclipse (1970) Interlude: The Testimony of Leland Turner (1979) Old Folks at Home (1978) Interlude: The City Takes Care of Its Own (1979) The Windows in Dante's Hell (1973) Interlude: Volplaning Heroes (1979) The Samurai and the Willows (1976) Interlude: First Councilor Lesser (1979) Allegiances (1975) Interlude: The Cradle Begins to Rock (1979) At the Dixie-Apple with the Shoofly-Pie Kid (1977) Interlude: The Fall of Saganella Lesser (1979) Death Rehearsals (1979)