God, the devil, heaven and hell all stand before Gabriel's eyes, he can scarcely believe them, but when he is forced to flee his cruel master the stonemason and leaps into the red, smoking jaws of hell, he discovers a whole new and exciting life Will his new life with the travelling mystery players be any more secure than his old one? In a world of illusions, people are not always what they seem, least of all Gabriel A fascinating, colourful and lively story about life in the Middle Ages