This collection of short fiction is woven together by the theme that creation is driven by a pre-existing love of the creature and of the very act of creation itself. The stories in this volume were originally published in the United States and the United Kingdom in such magazines as Analog Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Century, and Interzone. All the stories are speculative in nature, and range from science fiction to fantasy to magic realism. They are bound together by the fact that they contain references to the Faith of Baha'u'llah in the form of inspiration, characters, or themes.