At a Glance

Paranormal novelist Gideo Harlax finds himself amid the ultimate battle of good and evil and unwittingly becomes involved in what appears to be an ancient plot to bring about the world's end.

Detailed Information

David Rudkin's supernatural story was one of the most ambitious television series of its time. A futuristic fantasy with a powerful mythical charge, it featured a top class cast, a setting that ranged from a North Sea ferry to a twin-sunned alien planet and spine-chilling moments that bear a homage to the great Alfred Hitchcock.

Gideon Harlax, a successful young novelist of the paranormal and the supernatural, has found some exciting new material: a pagan statue stolen from a Danish museum has lead to the deaths of passengers on a North Sea Ferry and an elderly musician. Von Drachenfels, is haunted by the idea that he is the subject of an apocalyptic curse.

As Gideon writes, coldly detached from the human tragedy of his stories, angry powers from Man's ancient past are gathering.