The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's GRAIL QUEST series in a bright & bold repackage It is 1347 The Hundred Years War has been suspended The truce releases English archer Thomas of Hookton to pursue his arch enemy & resume his quest for the most prized relic in Christendom the Holy Grail Heading south Thomas & his men-at-arms begin lightning raids to draw out his enemy But fate takes an unexpected hand when the plague strikes What had been a landscape of castles monasteries vineyards & villages becomes death's kingdom & the need for the grail as a sign of God's favour is more urgent than ever