The Sheriff has imposed yet another food tithe on Sherwood and stores it at Abbot Hugo's abbey. Robin Hood and his outlaws are determined to break in and steal it back.

But a strange man has come to the abbey pleading for sanctuary - a storyteller who claims to receive visions from God.

The Magic Man.

In far off Wales, a druid is watching him intently, determined to stop his stories; and he is not watching alone. A future echo is about to cast a shadow over the outlaws of Sherwood...