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.