It is the year 1008 in the great Megalopolis of the East, Constantinople, and Janus is a boy at the bottom of the social ladder who nonetheless possesses an amazing skill: he can read. Stuck in the gutter with him is Felix, a singer who didn't know plagiarizing other people's music was a big deal until he was getting a daily beat-down for it. When these two unlikely heroes realize they are both seeking the mysterious organization known as the Song-Catchers, they decide to team up. Little do they know they are about to be drawn into the bizarre world of Crafters, users of strange and wonderful abilities that can alter the fabric of reality without pissing off the Church by involving any pesky demons. Can these boys find their place in the Queen of Cities and the world of supernatural intrigue behind it, or will they be killed by a pig...or or a swordsman...or a lady in a weird hat? Find out in the first volume of Song-Catchers.