Chapter 13 provided examples of distributed transactions with a working code, and in Chapter 14 , you revisited these examples with an enhanced design. However, the saga pattern is key to comprehending the intricate details and concerns in designing solutions for BASE transactional support. This chapter is your gateway to mastering this crucial aspect of microservices architecture. The examples in this chapter are not a continuation of the examples you covered in Chapters 13 and 14 , so you can skip those two chapters if you are in a hurry to understand the examples in this chapter. You will use the Axon Framework again in this chapter, so it is recommended that you read Chapter 12 first to learn the programming paradigm.