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Told by the stranger Ferryman, the tales follow the fortunes of a family destined to survive that most horrendous of that time period, the rise of 1 civilization and the fall of another. Before Rome became an empire, Caesar searched north, to the Gauls, eying their lands and riches hungrily. Book One instructs of the occurrences before his first promotions from the point of view of the ancient Celtic tribes, notably the Veneti of the northwestern Atlantic coasts, and their market leaders in those days, Vercingetorix, Cassivellaunus, Ambiorix, and lastly, the most enigmatic of all, Commius. It commences with the break free of the slave, Gallin, from the damage of Spartacus and his voyage home to his ancestral lands. But it is a long time before he discovers his place within his tribe again; warrior, uncle, product owner, from him the tales complete to his niece and nephew, and the tribal warfare that sweeps them up. Just when serenity seems to have been set up, Caesar commences to march and the Veneti are threatened on the very coasts they call home. With an epic sweep that owes all the to Asterix and Obelix as it can to ancient Irish mythology, The Seeds of the Storm commences a routine of testimonies that will range from Britain to France and Belgium, to Rome itself, advised by the secret Ferryman who may be more than he seems.