About the book: 2013 / John Dee, a famous scientist with a reputation as a sorcerer and a friend of the English Queen Elizabeth, receives an important task from her. He must go to the city of Glastonbury, in the heart of the mysterious Avalon, in order to find one of the most ancient British relics there - the remains of the legendary King Arthur. The young reforming queen thus wants to strengthen her power and the new Protestant faith. However, Dr. Dee is perplexed. Wasn’t a similar expedition carried out during the lifetime of Elizabeth’s father, King Henry VIII? And weren't Arthur's remains found? What was there about the royal commission that he wasn't told about? John feels that on the holy land of Avalon he will encounter something incomprehensible. And he's not wrong. At Glastonbury, he awaits the solution to the mystery of Arthur's Round Table, intricately intertwined with a conspiracy against the queen..