Can heaven touch the earth? And what happens when it does? An angel's touch is one thing, but the touch of a potentate is another. And sometimes heaven's embrace can be deathly cold and so very deep dark... Canon Peter Talbot is no ordinary clergyman. Apart from being clever, he is also profoundly psychic. It comes as no surprise that he is 'Chief Exorcist' of the diocese of Salisbury in England. The village of Lychwell in Somerset has been plagued by death, madness and uncanny events ever since Roman times. In this mysterious setting on the St Michael ley line near the ancient town of Glastonbury and the antique city of Wells, Talbot must exorcize a devil from the past that feeds upon the living...