This is the complete quartet in the second series about the Land Behind the World. In the first four books Zaddik was a grown man. Here is his life story before the events of the Land Behind the World. This book includes four books: 'Zaddik and the Seafarers' and 'Beyond the Outlandish Mountains' and two previously unpublished books: 'The Council of Elders' and 'The Signbearers'.