The immortal knight, Richard of Ashbury, pursues the worst serial killer in history. AD 1440, Brittany. Scores of children have gone missing from the countryside around the city of Nantes.The commoners know who is to blame. But they dare not speak up, for they suspect their very own lord, the Marshal of France and Lieutenant-General of Brittany, the Baron Gilles de Rais.As Richard investigates the monstrous crimes of Gilles de Rais, he is haunted...