The once-great democracies of the West are slowly crumbling. In Britain, there is talk of revolution as anti-government demonstrations are met with lethal force. Then in an obscure English country carnival, a young man pulls a sword out of a boulder and is hailed as Britain's mythic savior, its Once and Future King. Enter Peter Quince, a professor of theology whose specialty is the old folk religions of the Celts - the so-called "Fairy Faith." He's recruited for a manhunt in which he quickly becomes the hunted. His flight to save his life takes him across a prehistoric landscape and climaxes in a shocking confrontation in the ruined castle in which King Arthur was allegedly born. Along the way, he must summon his old courage and confront his secret fear that he's always been insane. Quantum physics and a wizard's prophesy, future weapons and ancient legends, mankind's fate and an undying love for a crazy, beautiful woman - they're all right here in The Never King.