Across the uniworld there is eternal strife between those who speak freely and those who do not, between those who would be different and those who would cling to the same. Here, those who speak freely, those who would be different, are always on the attack and, except for one recent battle, are always defeated.
Regaining consciousness as a prisoner after a failed attack on the Wall of Orfu, Kah-ro, freespeaker and man from the West, reunites with his wounded friend Willun. Sentenced to brutal death, chained together with other captured prisoners, they begin the adventure that leads them to the gray stone pathway and the vast desert.
Speak as you will!
What is the value of friendship? Of courage? In the endless desert what is burden and what is honor? And what does a single pebble mean?
So begins the story of the Legendary Magistrate of Zar...