A small man, a child on the shore of a raging sea. What awaits him? What fate? Which road will he take through the world?
Ned was a foundling. Not just a foundling, but a descendant of the accursed people Ard. Missing ships and sacked villages—that is what the Ards mean to the people of the coast. From now on, Ned’s fate will be to remain a slave for the rest of his days. The only trouble is that he doesn’t want such a fate.
And for him lies a strange, incredible life—a path leading to adventures, sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying.
Pain, humiliation, beatings by evil people, slavery—seemed like it would last forever, endlessly. But no—he will cast off the chains and move forward, to where joy and happiness await him, bitterness of loss and the gaining of power lost for centuries…
Magic, duels of honor, love, friendship, and betrayal—this is what Ned will have. Let’s wish him luck, because he needs it—he is a foundling, who Fate owes so much for his seventeen years of life.