Publisher's Synopsis
FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED YEARS THE OLD GIBBET HAS STOOD AT THE CROSS- ROADS, ITS STARK OUTLINE SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE SKY. TO THE VILLAGERS OF SHILLINGHAM IT IS A LOCAL LANDMARK, A REMINDER OF THE STERNER JUSTICE OF A BYGONE AGE - NOTHING MORE. SO WHY DOES MICHAEL LAMBTON FEET A SUDDEN SHIVER OF APPREHENSION AS HE GAZES ACROSS THE HARSH NORTHUMBRIAN LANDSCAPE IN THE DUSK, AND WHY ARE THE CHILDREN KAREN AND GRAHAM DRAWN REPEATEDLY TO PLAY AROUND THE GIBBET, AS IF CALLED BY A SILENT VOICE? WHY DOES FRANK WARWICK PLACE FORTNIGHTLY OFFERINGS OF FOOD AND FUEL AT THE CROSSROADS, AND WHY, WHEN A NEW PLAN FOR A MOTORWAY MEANS THE REMOVAL OF THE GIBBET FROM ITS SITE, DOES HE BECOME ALMOST INSANE WITH FEAR AND DESPERATION IN HIS FRANTIC EFFORTS TO STOP THE DEVELOPMENT? A DARK AND TERRIBLE EVIL SLUMBERS BENEATH THE GIBBET. SLOWLY IT IS AWAKENING.. 13/06/88 OFFSETTING SOUVENIR PRESS EDN: A: 15000 @ $3.50: 304PP: UC=40P:MAX.
