The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), an informal literary group of fantasy authors active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was also a member and guiding force, together with a general introduction and introductions to the individual stories by the editor.
The anthology was reviewed by Jeff Frane in Locus no. 253, February 1982, and Michael E. Stamm in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review no. 4, May 1982.[1]