Rhodri Falcon is a falconer just like his father. He meets a blind blacksmith and an old witch with fortune cards. Both people
will shape his life forever. He is shown by the blacksmith a pool in which he can see the present and some of the future. When his father gets called to war with the kingdom, Rhodri must stay behind but he secretly watches his father from the pool. When his father returned from war he was a bitter and angry man. Rhodri must go on a quest to get his father's heart back in time. Will he be able to win the quest? Will everything be the same when he gets back?