A strange thing has happened in the eastern part of the kingdom of Hedfestyr. Three lizard-kin have built an island in the middle of a lake. Is this good for the kingdom or dire news?
Queen Godwa dispatches her cousin Lefwin to meet the lizard-kin and determine their intentions. What he learns about them, about the distant past of the land, and about knowledge is general opens his eyes.
Yet Hedfestyr has troublesome rivals. Will the impact of the island in the lake give the kingdom power or hope?