Fleeing the aftermath of a battle in the English civil war, Whitehead, a nervous Royalist and former assistant to a late alchemist, finds himself in the company of three simple-minded, good-natured Roundhead recruits who are less interested in continuing the battle than finding the nearest ale-house.
They encounter the bullying - and armed - O'Neil, who is also in the employment of the alchemist and has stolen his papers, forcing Whitehead to divine for gold in the field.
Whitehead locates a metal box and then begins digging, but greed, fear, the need for self-preservation, and an accidental meal of 'magic' mushrooms means that death will soon be visiting the field - or will it?
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A Field in England
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Chernobyl
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Metallic Fields
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Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament
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Richard Glover:
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Metallic Fields I
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