This story began with the idea of boredom. Karl's boredom. Day after day, just guarding the Graf's castle. Who was Karl, anyway? Why was he bored? The story grew.
It may seem an odd way to describe a story, but boredom can be fertile soil for the imagination, and sometimes the best ideas grow from that soil. This Karl realizes; as you'll discover if you read on. The book concludes with an a...