Meet Jacob – aka Sparrow – a boy slave in the Spanish city of New Carthage in the last years of pagan Rome. Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known origin creates his own identity. He is Sparrow, who sings without reason and can fly from trouble. His world is a kitchen, a herb-scented garden, a loud and dangerous tavern, and the mysterious upstairs where the ‘wolves’ – prostitutes and slaves from every corner of the empire – conduct their business. He spends his days listening to stories told by his beloved ‘mother’ Euterpe, running errands for her lover the Sparrow - James Hynes od authora James Hynes a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.