Las primeras incursiones académicas de Donald Hounam se centraron en la historia medieval, explorando específicamente las creencias apocalípticas durante las primeras Cruzadas. Tras un período de experimentación artística con la pintura en Oxford, se trasladó a Dublín, donde continuó sus esfuerzos artísticos junto a la crítica de cine. Un evento crucial lo llevó de regreso a Inglaterra, donde centró su atención en la creación de narrativas e invención de historias. Su trayectoria sugiere un profundo interés en la investigación histórica y el pensamiento especulativo, lo que probablemente informa la profundidad imaginativa de su obra literaria.
Forensic sorcerer Frank Sampson reckons it's something to do with the bizarre magic symbols carved into his flesh. He thinks he knows the sorcerer behind it; Or not . . . Life can get confusing when your loyalties are divided, you're on the run, and the Inquisition are on your tail with a stack of dry firewood and a box of matches.
The Bishop of Oxford is very, very dead. At least the police think it's the Bishop - it's impossible to be sure, since someone has made off with his head. By the terror that he's losing his Gift - the ability to work magic. And by all those stupid rules which get in the way of proving that everybody is wrong about the case .