![]() However, Mann underestimates the power of what lurks in the cave. On the next summer solstice he plans to descend into the cave to cleanse it and bring it to God. He convinces the town to end this tradition because pagan practices have no place in the pure Christian society he is trying to create. Within a few weeks he has brought nearly the entire town under his spell. Then one year, an evangelist named Godwin Mann arrives in Moonwell. Although the origins of the ancient custom are not exactly known, it is said to be a pagan ritual that dates back to the druids. Chiefly among these is the "dressing of the cave" where villagers decorate a cave with flowers on the longest day of the year. ![]() Ramsey Campbell's seventh novel takes place in the fictional town of Moonwell, a remote town in the Peaks District of England where traces of ancient paganism still survive. ![]()
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