In the land of Obitania, a bandit, a warrior and a mercenary become involved in a struggle between a wealthy shepherd and his underlings.

In a time and place indeterminate a bandit has kidnapped Rixo Lomadis Bron?s daughter. Bron is a wealthy landowner who reigns over the shepherds of the Purple Mountain. The time has come when Rixo Lomadis Bron accuses Manjas-Kebir of killing his daughter and urges all the country?s inhabitants to track down the assassin. It?s the time when Radovan Remila Stoï, the land?s greatest warrior, rises up against this foolhardy act which has every chance of leading to war?—Ferry Silitonga