For a family who had always moved around Europe, the chance to settle down gives hope for a better future, and a chance to put in roots. As little Markham grows up to find his place in the world of merchantry, he dares to dream dreams his parents could never have aspired to. But disturbances of supernatural or psychological origins plague his goals, and threaten to leave all who had guided him, raised him and now depend on him without a way in the world, if he eventually succumbs to misfortune.Would anyone believe him? Who could he turn to who could possibly help him?If he could choose his misfortune, which lesser ill would he choose?
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