In a market in the south of England we meet Camelot, a relic trader and the narrator of our story. And he had created a new law – thou shalt do anything to survive. There was a new king and his name was pestilence. People are abandoning the towns close to the sea convinced that the pestilence will nor reach them inland. The black plague has reached the country and is forcing the population to extreme measures to survive. The story takes place in England in 1348. It usually changes its mind again while I walk back home to get me wet anyway – who deserves joy anyway? I can’t remember exactly when I bought this book and why it caught my attention among the others in the library – I am sure it was probably raining outside and the local libraries are the best place to spend some time waiting for Edinburgh to change its mind again on the weather. I still find it kind of thrilling to have started this and, in a way, I am happy to start with something that I liked (which implicitly means it’s universally good). Well, I guess we’ve got to start from somewhere and the easy best way to start is with the review of a book.
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