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From the Publisher Over the years, Phil Rickman has won high acclaim for his chilling supernatural tales, including Celtic thrillers as well as the Reverend Merrily Watkins Mysteries, featuring Britain’s first female exorcist. Meticulously researched, rich in historic detail, these atmospheric procedurals are all cracking–good reads. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Gripping throughout. Powerful, classic stuff. * The Times * Crisp prose, excellent dialogue and real sense of mounting evil. * Time Out * Grimly sinister. Written with blood-curdling aplomb. * Sunday Telegraph * Phil Rickman is one of my all-time favorites. I love everything he's done, from horror to mystery to supernatural thriller - often all in the same book. -- Diana Gabaldon --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Phil Rickman is the author of the Merrily Watkins Mystery series. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Read more
Features & Highlights
- Glastonbury Tor is the legendary resting place of the Holy Grail, but something else also rests beneath the hill
- Glastonbury, legendary resting place of the Holy Grail, is a mysterious and haunting town. But when plump, dizzy Diane Ffitch returns home, it's with a sense of deep unease—and not only about her aristocratic family's reaction to her broken engagement and her New Age companions. Plans for a new motorway have intensified the old bitterness between the local people and the "pilgrims," so already the sacred air is soured. And, as the town becomes increasingly split by violence and death, Diane, local bookseller Juanita Carey, and the writer Joe Powys must now face up to the worst of all possibilities: the existence of an anti-Grail—the dark chalice.
