Once in a generation, by the will of the goddess Janona, the One Who is in the Answer is born, a man whose every - even the most insignificant - act has a huge impact on the world of Bertan. Now the cruel mercy of Janona has chosen as its target Adrian Eventry - a boy from a wild clan mired in a long-standing bloody internecine feud. The divine joke can cost millions of people dearly - if Adrian, stunned by horror and guilt, does not learn every minute, every second to make the right choice... The fate of the clan - or the fate of the country? A feat - or a crime? People - or gods? Inaction - or an act? The one who is responsible must decide again and again...