'The Four Ages of Death and Other Stories' — a collection of three novellas and one novelette — examines how catastrophic weather events, the tragedy of living forever, the future of the war on terrorism, and being judged by a non-human entity reveal who we are.

'The Day It Snowed Forever' — A violent storm inundates the US Eastern Seaboard, burying towns and cities and resulting in mass evacuations. A family stays behind, confident they can survive the indefinitely prolonged Arctic conditions. However, they are not ready for the horror that materialises out of the snow to threaten the sanctuary of their home and endanger their lives.

'The Four Ages of Death' — The ability to live for thousands of years will require fundamental changes to both body and mind. Such lifespans will also profoundly alter the way we coexist with each other as partners, families, and friends. All these challenges come together when two ex-lovers and their families struggle with the reality of what it is to be “post-human” with bodies and minds engineered to allow life spans measured in millennia.

'The Immersion Chamber' — We have a right to protect ourselves when our lives and our way of life are threatened. How far does that right extend when faced with people who are, in turn, threatened by our way of life and prepared to use violence to protect their way of life? When those groups operate outside the accepted codes of war, we classify them as terrorists. We consider them extremely dangerous. Given the threat they pose, is there a limit to how far we can go to stop them from committing acts of terror against us?

'November Sky' — There is an alien observer on Earth; by what standards will s/he/it judge our behaviour? By one of the billions among us, with no power and no influence. Will we pass? Or fail?