A merciless and malevolent megalomaniac, hell-bent on restoring feudal values, sets about establishing a quasi-medieval state in a small Lancashire town (Ormskirk) in which ignorance, bigotry and lack of running water are the required ramparts. Predictably the promised golden age fails to materialise. But is it too late? Enter the insurgents An aspirant singer-songwriter, an improbably parsimonious parson, an 'avant-garde' author, a mysterious...