About the book: 2014 / English writer Diana Wynne Jones is considered the last great storyteller. The worlds of her books are so vivid that they just beg to be shown on screen. Based on her bestseller Howl's Moving Castle, the famous animator Hayao Miyazaki, winner of the Golden Lion - the highest award of the Venice Film Festival, made an animated film of the same name, which gained popularity in many countries. Conrad was unlucky all his life - troubles happened to him every now and then. Fortunately, his uncle was a wizard and quickly found the reason: it turns out that Conrad did something wrong in a past life. More precisely, he didn’t do something important. And if the mistake is not immediately corrected, Evil Rock will destroy him. So Conrad, instead of going on to study further, had to go to a mysterious and luxurious castle high above his hometown, hire himself as a servant and plunge headlong into the secrets of the aristocratic Family living there. It’s good that on the very first day he made friends with a certain Christopher, who knew his worth, knew how to cast magic and was also looking for someone.