The Book Without Words appears to be a volume of blank parchment pages. But for a green-eyed reader filled with great desire, it may reveal the forgotten magical arts of making gold and achieving immortality. For generations, its magic has been protected from those who would exploit it. But on a terrible day of death and destruction, the Book Without Words falls into the hands of a desperate boy.

"Adapted from the legend of the dog of Montargis." In medieval France, a wolfhound helps solve the murder of his master, the beloved son the Count de Montdidier and leader of the Royal Bodyguard in the court of Charles V.