Scribe's Field

Investigating crimes in a historical novel setting

A dead body is discovered during ploughing in a field near the newly built Landštejn Castle. Subsequently, one of the finders unexpectedly commits suicide and the other vanishes without a trace. The new castle scribe, standing in for the castellan during his illness, conducts the investigation into both extraordinary events in a way that raises justifiable doubts. These doubts are held mainly by the vassals of the castle district, who are supposed to form the core of the newly formed castle garrison. When their natural leader, Sigibert of Sichelbach, is seriously injured in a skirmish in the forest under strange circumstances, their trust in the scribe is shattered...