Across the waves of a hostile sea in search of magical weaponry, the Golden Galleon races on. Princess Toril must find the ancient magical Sword with which she intends to defeat the Sea King—a long-time enemy of the human race. The dangers threatening her cannot be counted: black fog, giant sharks, man-eating waves, a ten-winged dragon… And she has only two helpers—brothers Chani and Hani.
So begins this somewhat sad fairy tale that has no happy ending. Here real moral laws apply, and the one who has surrendered to evil will not be saved either by spells or by friends.