Hierdie tien verhale illustreer hoe broos ons menslike verhoudings is. Broos en kosbaar. Ons is uitgelewer aan mekaar, ons smagting na aanvaarding en liefde maak of breek ons. Dit maak saak hoe ons met mekaar omgaan, want net dán sal ons bewus wees van mekaar se seer en pyn. Die verhale vertel van liefde wat nie vervul word nie, pyn en seer wat ons krank maak, ’n grysappelboom waaronder drome gedroom word. Drome, as ons regtig glo, wat tog bewaarheid sal word. Die leser sal hom/haar maklik kan vereenselwig met die verhale, omdat dit gebeure is wat ons tog die een of ander manier raak. Al is omstandighede nie altyd gunstig nie, is dit nie jou omstandighede wat bepaal waar jy eendag gaan opeindig nie, jy bepaal dit self.
Stories is nie maar net stories nie, dit maak saak.

This is the third book that forms the trilogy of Many Tales and More Tales.
This is the story of Shakir Mousa, a furniture historian who bought a desk at an auction in which was an old book which he gave to his friend Lucas Sergio, a book historian, and in the middle of the old book was concealed an old pocket watch, which Lucas gave to their mutual friend, Adam Patel, a horologist.
It belonged to a family they didn’t know, a Hapsburg family from the House of Stoepker. Shakir learned from an ancient aunt of the terrible spell which haunted the furniture… was it true and could the spell be broken?