For a long time now, you have been denying it in your heart, Axl, I know. But now it's time to reconsider. We must take a journey, without any delay...
In a secluded village in England, during the age of legends, shortly after the death of King Arthur, lives an elderly British couple, Axl and Beatrice. Their memories are hazy, as are those of all the inhabitants, due to a mysterious mist that causes a kind of decay. Despite Beatrice's illness, the couple decides to leave the safety of their home to travel far and find their son, whom they haven't seen in years.
At times wild and at times moving, Ishiguro's new novel is a fairy tale about lost memories, love, revenge, and war.