The story, which began with the mysterious misadventures of Wilfrid Greville, a cloth merchant from the medieval county of Wessex, gradually grows into an epic saga... The castle of Vayla'tun with its surrounding settlements is separated from the rest of the world by the insurmountable rapids of the Behema River to the south and the Borderland, a vast forest, inhabited by wild tribes of red-haired savages from the north. The chronicles, reliably guarded by court clerks, say that somewhere beyond Behema and the Borderland other peoples live, but ordinary people have no need to know about this. Yes, they already have enough everyday worries... In this world there is no place for witchcraft, fairies and dragons, but the lives of the characters are filled with amazing events. If you take a closer look at it...