Wesley has known nothing but the life of a farmer. He had never wanted anything else. Growing up with his mother, father and younger brother, he never thought he would be anything more. He never wanted to be.Then Darwin, a simple storyteller arrived, and turned everything Wesley thought he knew on its head. Wesley finds himself surrounded by enemies, facing a life he does not want to lead.With only the storyteller to guide him, when his wife is kidnapped, he must make a choice that will change the land of Ninin forever.There are few he trusts and even fewer he can rely on to help him survive in the court of the King of Ninin.