Having abandoned his clerical vows, if no less committed to God's cause against the demons, Neville is seamlessly reabsorbed into the English aristocracy. Convinced that the new king, Richard II, is the Demon King, Hal Bolingbroke and Thomas Neville plot to steal from Richard the casket that once belonged to Wynkyn de Worde.

But Richard is one step ahead of them. Before anyone can act, Richard exiles Hal and Thomas, and it seems that the casket - as God's cause - is more distant than ever.

As England descends into peasant rebellion and civil war, Neville finds himself suddenly in possession of the casket. But what he discovers when he opens it horrifies him so greatly it tears apart his entire world.

Nothing has ever been as it has seemed, and Neville must re-evaluate his entire perception, not only of the demons, but of the angels as well.

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