This 17th century adventure brings to life a turning point in European history: forgotten times, knowledge, and concerns in Northern Europe after the Thirty- years war. An orphaned German boy, alive in the time of Bach, Handel and the newly founded Royal Society in England, must face facts about his own father's evil deeds. Hoping to overcome 'inherited' guilt, he travels to the newly discovered southern tip of Africa and learns to live in the changing world around him.