Synopsis: WorldCat: Those with long memories in the Chiltern village of Ickfield treat their megalith with increasing respect as its sinister cycle comes round again, but the Prior family, engaged in moving into their new home on the hillside directly beneath it, know nothing of the Stone?s dark history. Unfortunately, their ignorance affords them no protection against the pagan forces which have dramatically disrupted the lives of others who lived in that house before them. A hundred-year-old diary and some curious pebbles alert local antique dealer Adam Sandys to possible danger, but despite his vigilance and that of her elder sister Hilary, fifteen-year-old Vanessa becomes increasingly disturbed by the malign influence of the Stone until subconsciously she comes to accept that it is she who is responsible for providing it with yet another human sacrifice.