The Crown and the Staff

<p>Hundreds of years before the events of Gap in the Road young King Esmander travels to a remote village to find the girl he has been destined to marry. Yet when he arrives he finds himself daunted by the fearless independence of the peasant family he is staying with. Royalty though he is he is simple timid and uninteresting compared to these fierce fisherfolk. But simplicity is not always bad and a heart willing to serve is of incomparable value. </p>