When Bard And Linguist, Easten Wins The Right To Bear Perori At An Eisteddfod, He Little Suspects How Exceptional This Lute Really Is. Perori Means Music In Welsh, But Her Music Does More Than Soothe And Entertain. When Eastens Liege Lord, Caradoc, Comes Under Attack From An Aggressive Neighbour, Easten Sets Off To Plead For Assistance From Caradocs Relative, High King Cormac Of Tara.on His Journey From Cymru To Ireland, Easten Discovers More Of Peroris Healing Powers And Soon The Instrument Reveals That She Can Also Help Him Understand Even More Languages, A Skill That Helps With His First Task Of Negotiating Safe Passage From The Small Viking Colony In The Place That Will Become Liverpool, Still Part Of The Danegeld.