The Hope and the Doom for Humanity The Verge, the outermost realm of known space, is filled with strange aliens, the ruins of ancient civilizations, and a menace lurking in the darkness between the stars. Starfall is a collection of stories set in the exciting world of STAR*DRIVE. Readers are launched into this fantastical new world with stories penned by some of the brightest stars in science fiction's galaxy of writers, including Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber, Diane Duane, Matthew J. Costello, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, and Michael A. Stackpole.