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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.

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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

Grimly sinister. Written with blood-curdling aplomb Sunday Telegraph Gripping throughout. Powerful, classic stuff. The Times Crisp prose, excellent dialogue and real sense of mounting evil Time Out Take the phone off the hook Daily Express The compulsion of Rickman's writing makes Glastonbury a place of dark and uneasy beauty... Take the phone off the hook Daily Express Crisp, ironic prose, excellent dialogue and insightful characterisation... not to mention a real sense of mounting evil. Time Out I emerged shell-shocked and still so completely involved with the story, I was going round in a daze. Barbara Erskine Wonderful - a book worthy of its subject Bernard Cornwell

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Phil Rickman lives on the Welsh border where he writes and presents the book programme Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales. He is the hugely popular author of The Bones of Avalon and the Merrily Watkins series.

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