Prince Rickland, heir to the throne of Fargord, obeying the Curse that haunts the family of Fargordian kings, almost became the murderer of his own father. Now he is a criminal, a fugitive, an enemy of the crown, doomed to spend the rest of his days in the Tower of Despair. But the young prince intends to argue with fate. He goes to the mountains in order to find the legendary Lost City and remove the family curse from himself and his descendants...