Pim has a large family with lots of relatives, most of them stick around expecting a share in the family’s will. Pim is being forced to marry someone, but she refuses and decides to move to school down south. In school she meets Alan, after a while both really fall in love with each other.

A family reunion among the squattocracy leads to conflict as various members assert their egos.

The hero of the story taking place at the end of the twenties is the modest civil servant, doctor Kopjáss who is suddenly appointed to be the chief attorney of Zsarátnok city. He realises slowly that his immaculate name was needed as a cover for the corrupt loan transactions handled by the lords of the city.

A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter.