The 14th century. The Hundred Years’ War. After the English take Calais, there is a brief pause in the struggle between the opposing sides.
But Thomas of Hookton can’t rest. In search of the Holy Grail, fate leads him along unpredictable paths. Yet where once stood mighty castles and rich monasteries, there were gardens blooming and grapes ripening—now the realm of Black Death, plague, has spread out. And Thomas himself, having freed a girl labeled a heretic from the clutches of enraged fanatics, turns from hunter into prey.