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It really is 1940, and North american Tom McCord, a 23-year-old aspiring doctoral applicant, is in Great britain researching the historical evidence for the renowned Ruler Arthur. There he fits perky and intuitive Laura Hartman, a fellow North american staying with her aunt in Oxford, and the two of them team up for a far more ambitious and dangerous pursuit. Along with the Inklings - that illustrious group of scholars and freelance writers made famous by its two most prolific people, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien - Tom and Laura commence to think that the fabled Spear of Future, the lance that pierced the medial side of Christ on the mix, is hidden someplace in England. Tom discovers that Laura has been having strange dreams, which appear to be related to the subject of his research, and, though doubtful of her visions, he hires her as an associate. Heeding the insights and advice of the Inklings, while becoming alert to being shadowed by powerful and secretive foes who would promise the spear as their own, Tom and Laura conclude on a thrilling treasure hunt that crisscrosses the British countryside and leads beyond a seek out the elusive relics of Camelot in to the depths of the human core. Weaving his fast-paced narrative with dialogue predicated on the works of the Inklings, writer David Downing offers a vibrant family portrait of Oxford and pulls a welcome glimpse in to the personalities and ideas of Lewis and Tolkien, while never burning off vision of his action-packed trip story and its two very attractive main characters.