Midwinter, a time of darkness, a time to release past sorrows.

Lord Paethor, young and haunted, accepts a mission from his king: to retrieve the enchanted sword Farslayer - or die in the attempt.

"Glad Yule," a fantasy novella, first appeared in the anthology An Armory of Swords, edited by Fred Saberhagen and set in his Swords of Power universe.

"Nagle's 'Glad Yule' and Walker's 'Stealth and the Lady' would be worthy additions to any anthology."

-Publishers Weekly