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The ordered calm of Gloucester Abbey is shattered by the murder of one of the monks The Abbey becomes paralysed with fear and the Abbot is illequipped to deal with such a heinous crime especially as suspicion inevitably falls on the brothers themselves Ralph Delchard a former soldier in the eradefining Battle of Hastings and Gervase Bret an accomplished lawyer are investigating a local land dispute when news of the vicious murder reaches them Before long Delchard and Bret realise that the killing is just a symptom of a sinister presence that threatens the whole community and must be stopped at any cost