A gripping tale of 14th Century Europe, from Venice to the far West of Wales... Kazan has left behind everything she knows in search of a mythical minstrel and storyteller - her unmet grandfather, Will the Storyteller. Dai - the Welshman - an adventurer and merchant's man has left behind his terrible childhood of loss and starvation for a life travelling the world. Together they have gathered about them a 'family' of strays: runaways, slaves, priests and poets. As continents unfold behind them, they learn that life can be brutal, but friendship can survive it.