In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once ravaged between the Saxons and the britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, and elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him.rnrnAs they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and instensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power ow memorey, and extraordinary tale of love, vengeance and war.