"A truly dark, literary Christmas tale for fans of deep literature!" "The duality from darkness to light was heavy but also enlightening. Well balanced and perfectly displayed." "A modern Dickens tale!" -Amazon reviewersJedediah Delaney is out spending the holidays shopping with Hannah Olstead. In the skies above, he longs for snow, but the night is clear. Another entity, however, is about to present itself, one born from the Lies and Shadows of Jed's very own mind. Suddenly, Jed finds himself transported to the winter landscape he longs for, but the snow is far more bitter and cruel than he'd hoped. On his journey, he finds a boy in rags, and vows to get him to safety. But the blizzard proves endless. Hannah is still lost somewhere in the city without him. And on the horizon, a massive shadow looms darker than the night. Yet, hope lies in a beacon lighting the way, glowing in the distance through the harsh and blinding snow. Jed is not only being led to warmth and safety, he realizes, but into a confrontation with three different versions of himself...all from different times, and all of which he has to come to grips with: his past, his present, and his future. This dark, literary Christmas novella provides all the confusion, fear, and doubt we face in life everyday with love, solitude, and relationships, but manages to capture the magic, forgiveness, and warmth of the holiday spirit.