I haven't read short stories in such a long time. And now that I have again, I don't know why. This book has a nice selection of hero-themed stories by good authors, most of which I know from long-form novels. The nicest surprise, as I didn't check the list of authors beforehand, was a story from Mike Shel. Happening upon the Syraeic League was a lovely surprise. But of course there were more good stories here. In fact, the one thing I hated was the fact that many stories were teasing more without the authors delivering on that. That was a bit frustrating, although I think you can also read it as praise of the stories themselves.