Entsetzt beobachtet Meister Crispin das Kriegstreiben des Kaiserreichs gegen seine ferne Heimat Varena. Doch am Tag des alles entscheidenden Wagenrennens in Sarantium bricht unversehens das Schicksal über die glanzvolle Dynastie herein und die prunkvollste Stadt der Welt verändert über Nacht ihr Gesicht ...
Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible.