The ten-episode Kindle Vella series collected here for the first time! Ciras, an advanced race of artificial humanoids, populate the distant world of Dialectica, working in unison to propel their society forward. Their prosperity is due to a set of edicts that drive every choice, every action, and because of these rules, there is no violence, there is no poverty, and there is no doubt in their leadership. But when an important Cira stumbles into an emergency ward on the brink of core failure, one Cira will have to make a rash decision, a choice that puts him on a path to uncover the one thing their perfect Cira society doesn't already have: the truth. This collection also includes eight other short works, several long out-of-print and a few never before seen, all set in the literary universes of The Dawn Cluster and The Shirker!