Fantastic encounters and many hardships give him new perspectives and deep insights into the human condition.

The good-natured linguist Albert S. accidentally stumbles upon an underground movement, that is directed by Erwin from an illegal microform library in this bathroom.

Albert finds the love of his life and learns to see the world from a new point of view based on the ambiguous use of language.

A musician and a geologist, they choose opposing sides of the political spectrum, only to meet again at the end of the novel.

Die Gärten der Löwin (the gardens of the lioness) can be read as a novel on its own, but is also a sequel to The Broken Goddess, in which the heroine relates her story.