Ma'at (Maat to his friends) is a nearly of-age young man, only son of the clan chief in a village of transients and outcasts. He always wondered where his father's clan came from, but the village elders don't often speak of their origins.

A blissful life along the River Torrent is interrupted by a surprise visit from an old friend of Maat's father. Strange machinations of a foreign expedition, and meandering, playful hints from a local river god help the young man to gradually unearth bits of his clan's past on an adventure that proves to be out of his world.

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