About the book: year / How many more secrets does the great planet Majipur jealously keep? Behind the inaccessible northern mountains hides a people who do not know civilization - the Otinors. They live by their own barbaric laws and do not recognize any of the four Powers of the empire. It is to them that the young nobleman Harpirias goes on an important mission. Will he be able to find a common language with the king of the Othinors??