"Find the traitor hiding within Israel," the seer warns Niklas, "or our nation will be enslaved and your hometown slaughtered."
So, no pressure.
Niklas, a fifteen-year-old shepherd, spent his whole life dreaming of revolt against the hygiene-adverse Philistines, but when the all-but-impossible mission is thrust upon him, he starts to rethink the whole hero business. What chance does the daring schemer have when lions, the Mad King, and a literal giant stand in his way?
As Niklas races to uncover the hidden traitor, conspiracies and armies converge on the nation--with his hometown directly in the crossfire.
