Der Spielmann

The oldest game in the world is the game for your soul. 1486: Knittlingen is a quiet place in Kraichgau. Until the day the jugglers arrive in town – and suddenly children start to disappear. Johann Georg, known as "Faustus," the fortunate one, is unconcerned. He is only interested in the minstrel and magician Tonio del Moravia: The pale man with piercing black eyes, who predicts a great future for Johann as a scholar, exudes a strange fascination. Johann joins him, and together they travel through the German lands. The young man absorbs everything Tonio teaches him. However, Tonio's teachings carry an unforeseen danger, and soon Johann begins to feel that his master is in league with dark forces. Forces that will determine the course of Johann's entire life. A colorful adventure epic by bestselling author Oliver Pötzsch.