In "The Prince and the Scholar", Old Machlouf, the Ancient Storyteller of Kalim, takes his avid listeners on an exciting journey many hundreds of years back in time to a powerful Jewish kingdom north of the Black Sea, in the heart of what is now Russia. This kingdom, which was called Khazaria, has long since passed into the mists of history, but many of its glorious tales live on in the memories of storytellers like Old Machlouf. As the story unfolds, young Prince Cusar and his clever friend Isaac join a Khazarian expedition to the frontiers of the kingdom-with quite unexpected results.