Though dead for two millennia, he remains perfectly preserved in black peat. The Man in the Moss is one of the most fascinating finds of the century.

But, for the isolated Pennine community of Bridelow, his removal is a sinister sign. A danger to the ancient spiritual tradition maintained, curiously, by the Mothers' Union.

In the weeks approaching Samhain - the Celtic feast of the dead - tragedy strikes again and again in Bridelow. Scottish folk singer Moira Cairns and American film producer Mungo Macbeth discover their Celtic roots are deeper and darker than they imagined. And as fundamentalist zealots of both Christian and satanic persuasions challenge an older, gentler faith, the village faces a natural disaster unknown since the reign of Henry VIII.

The review on Amazon sounded more interesting than the back of the book, to be honest. Another Phil Rickman, and this time one revolving around archaeology...so of course I have to read it! More exciting still is that sequentially this book was released between my two favorite of his books, The Wine of Angels and The Chalice, so I'm thinking this will be up to the same high standard...let's hope so! Dad bought me this for Xmas...and I bought it for him too, which is a pretty cool thing, as we often read the same books but rarely around the same time...it'll be nice to hear what he thinks of it too.