About the book: 2020 / The pestilence that tormented the Principalities ten winters ago is again gaining strength. The messenger Krechet rushes through the forest domains to find a healer for the sick prince, but finds something completely different. The once persecuted guild of Jesters begins bloody raids on villages and cities, leaving behind only ashes. An artist, a candle maker, a fisherman’s son and a girl, fleeing from the past, they find themselves at a crossroads, and into what fabric the threads of their destinies will be woven, only the Lord of the Road knows.