Talan is a Cornish Medic living in the dark ages of Britain on the far Cornish shore. We first meet him as a novice in the new faith of the early saints. His background as the son of a druidic healer has given him skills in medicine that aren't always in line with the new faith and he treads a thin line to keep his place in the community.
These first three stories see him mature into his calling and leave him hungry for new knowledge of the further world.