Salamander

In a spectacular gothic castle of mechanical revolving doors, moving doors and unstable staircases broods Count Ostrov, obsessive collector of puzzles and stories. He charges Nicholas Flood, the legendary English primer, with the task of creating an infinite book ; a story with no beginning and no end. But when Nicholas mects the Count's beautiful daughter Irma, a forbidden romance begins - and soon ends, as Nicholas is swiftly imprisoned in the castle's dungeon. Once free, he embarks on a perilous journey through Venice, Alexandria, China and London, on a quest for knowledge, and into the path of greater danger...