On a river on the edge of two worlds,
between the real world and the otherworldly,
among sirenas swimming in its watery depths,
beyond the kapre smoking upon a balete tree,
past dwendes luring strangers toward stranger paths,
a young fisherman sets out on a journey of a lifetime,
seeking adventures that defy reason and rhyme,
unknowing of the fate that awaits him,
a fairy tale that will cost him life and limb,
the story unfolding on the River Pagitan’s whim.