Four stories of ordinary people in the grip of extraordinary circumstance, dancing on the edge and reaching deep for the strength they didn't know they had. Four tales drawn from life, including: Fedoro's Jump - All they had to do was get a knife to a man thirty yards away.or watch him die. Shooter Two-Two-Five - He can't fly, he can't bail out, and he's disobeying a direct order.an unlikely combination for a hero. Avalon Fires - An unfamiliar trail hints at a new adventure.but leads straight into the jaws of Hell. Coward's Song - No man can be certain whether he is a coward, until.