A man sees something floatingdown-river. In a basket there isa child condemned to death bythe king, who had wanted topre vent a prophecy coming true.It said that the child would marryhis daughter. The childhood ofthe baby rescued from the waterpasses tranquilly, but his youth,far from the family in which hegrew up, will be filled with trialsand adventures. Will he one daymarry the king's daughter? Willit come about that he rules? Orwill he be condemned to battleagainst fate, like a man strugglingagainst the current of a greatriver?