What are chakats, and what are they like? Join Forestwalker as shi relates stories of hir family's lives, loves, hates, adventures and tragedies. They may be furred, have four feet, and have very different social customs, but they are all too human in many ways.

This hermaphrodite centauroid species will challenge your values, and the various other anthropomorphic species in this 24th Century slice of life may surprise or shock you, but in the end they are people too, and you may may find yourself wondering what it would be like to meet this remarkable family.

This book tells all the events that occurred before the stories related in "Transformations" and "More Terrible Than Chains".