The idyllic lifestyle of Borin, a young farmer, is disrupted when he
stumbles across a mysterious wizard. When seeking assistance from a
travelling Merchant to help raise funds to support his father, Borin
learns bad news about his and the farm's future. Deceived by the wizard
Melchiot, forced into submission by the threat that an amulet he is
unable to remove contains a deadly virus, Borin must complete a journey
with several people who have together become entwined in the wizard s
trap. The young farmer finds himself imprisoned in a make-shift coastal
city where Thieves and Wizards live inharmoniously. Kidnapped and
forced to fight to the death, he treks through magical mirrors to the
furthest corners of Venta Belgarum; the State completely surrounded by
living Mountains. Supported in his plight against the treacherous
wizard by an army of thieves, Borin discovers that Melchiot has all
along used him as a pawn and that he was meant to take the path of his
famous grandfather who shared his name and his legend. The ultimate
test comes when Borin comes face to face with the leader of the most
insidious Cult ever seen, dedicated to the resurrection of the god of
Revenge. Borin is brought into the fray as apart from having his
grandfather s lineage, he possesses an important item unbeknownst to
the leaders of the Cult which armed with a massive force of Thieves and
Wizards, does its utmost to rid the world of the single threat to
success one farmer and his entourage.
