A NEW SERIES IN THE SOLEIL CELTIC COLLECTION, SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF 17TH CENTURY PURITAN ENGLAND UNDER THE EFFECTS OF A TERRIBLE CURSE.
1649. Cromwell has seized the reins of power in England and a wave of Puritanism unfurls over the Commonwealth. Jack Bolton, artist who loves nothing better than a good roast on the spit, is forced to join the parliamentary army now invading Catholic Ireland. There, he takes part in the massacre at Drogheda, a crime which brings a dreadful curse upon him.