Inside this 128-page, full-color book are more than 60 detailed descriptions and illustrations of aliens that live in and around the planets of the Verge. The text traces the voyage of the Concord Survey Vessel Kepler as it visits 14 different star systems around the Verge. In these pages you'll meet: * The poisonous blackworm of the planet Bhruusil, which uses vibrations to track its prey. * The elegant and mysterious deepfallen, native to the world-spanning oceans of Bluefall. * The beautiful but terrible crystallis, one of the few creatures that can survive on the inferno world of Polyphemus. * The "external" species - mysterious aliens who exist outside known galactic society - including the violent n'sss, the helpful blix, and the incomprehensible gardhyi.