A former court pharmaci—poisoner to Fernando of Castile becomes a zealous monk. A funny teenager from the village of Zaprudy is first a vagrant—and then the heir to the crown. The daughter of the Gambeln Prophecy’s seer is a talisman of the hening of “ground.” An influential Guild of Ttylers performs Rites without which the powerful won’t fare well. Noble knights are unarmed, while common people are armed to the teeth, as decreed by official orders. And—floor by floor—a new Pillar of Babylon is erected, replacing one destroyed once.
And it all happens because an Iranian doctor, Burzo—called the Serpent King—six centuries ago decided to change the world for the better…