English writer Diana Wynne Jones is considered the last great fairy-tale maker. Based on her bestseller “Howl’s Moving Castle,” the famous animator Hayao Miyazaki made an eponymous animated film. Each of the worlds she creates is wonderful and unique!
In a world where the Masters of Karma rule silently, financial magic thrives and even the names of books can change themselves—being an ordinary boy isn’t so simple. A boy who wants only one thing: to learn magic. But young Conrad has already grown used to difficulties—he hasn’t been lucky his whole life. And now, instead of studying at a prestigious school, Conrad will have to work as a servant in a family of aristocrats from a fairy-tale castle in the mountains. But what else can he do when a Wicked Fate is chasing him and his own life is at stake?