About the book: year / It is not known for certain whether the world, relatively small and tightly bounded from the north and south by impassable Limits, is the best of worlds, but its inhabitants , and especially the inhabitants of Sobrana, the largest kingdom of this world, are not inclined to complain about fate. Life is quite generous, the rules are reasonable, the authorities know their business, and where evil will or oversight creates too big a gap, the good and wise creator gods will certainly intervene through prayer. Heresy and evil can only lurk in the corners and hiss powerlessly. Few people notice what legs the colossus stands on. One day the King of Sobran will declare war on his own northern provinces. One fine day, Duke Goellon, the royal cousin, fortune teller and poisoner, will break up with his mistress and take himself a new secretary. One day the First Minister will want to see his daughter queen. One fine day, in a forest clearing, they will make a sacrifice to the true creator of the world. And the world will turn upside down.