The year is 2176, two years after the Gathering and the war ended. Three novellas continue the story.In Recovering Reynaldo: Carl and Reynaldo meet, separate, and fall in love before a kidnapping tears them apart for years until Carl can accomplish the military rescue to save his mate. In Legally Wed: At the insistence of their eldest kit, Taliya and Kano grudgingly agree to legally marry in a small ceremony, which quickly blossoms into an Indian-style celebration for the entire Ozark tigran community.In Taliya and the Uncivilized: Taliya and Kano venture into the Colorado wilds as government agents to exonerate the "uncivilized" tigran living there in conflict with nearby humans, but the adventure takes a shocking turn.