In 1191, Robin of Locksley returns from the Holy Land to an England he barely recognises. . . and so he takes matters into his own hands, with brutal and sadistic results. And so the Merry Men are born. . . Never-before-seen mysteries confront Everard Blackthorne, the Sheriff of Nottingham, culminating in an investigation that will lead directly into the climactic events of Nottingham Vol. 3.