Robyn Hood has vanished, and the mystic trine of the Old Religion-Archer, Maiden & Knight-has been broken.
Or has it? Rumours abound as to a hooded man wandering the Shire Wode. Marion holds both the Wode's magical influence and the castle of Tickhill with shield, sword, and wit-not only for love of her covenant and her children, but as a weapon to bring her brother Robyn back. And Robyn's lover, Gamelyn, plays a dangerous game with his Templar masters. They believe he has delivered the Wode's Pagan rites to their use, all the while unaware that Gamelyn has sworn an even deeper oath: he will realise his own power and find Robyn, whatever the sacrifice. For it is Robyn's to wield the deepest magic of all: 
he is the Sacrifice, and Undying King
 of the Wyldingwode.