In seventeenth-century England, a female healer enflames the fury of a witchfinder in this propulsive novel about murder, revenge, and the dangerous power of knowledge.
Unfolding the true potential of her gifts could make Mary a more empowered adversary than a witchfinder ever feared..
As Hopkins\'s fervor escalates, Mary must outsmart the devil himself to save her life and the lives of those she loves.
When the whispering Village turns against her, Mary dares to trust a stranger: an enigmatic alchemist, scarred body and soul, who knows the dead man\'s secrets.
For Hopkins, it\'s further evidence of dark arts.
Soon, the husband of one of Mary\'s patients is found murdered, his body carved with strange symbols.
Mary\'s benevolent skills have now cast her and her young brother under suspicion of witchery.
When witchfinder Matthew Hopkins arrives in her small village, stoking the fires of hate, he sees not healing but the devil at work.
Mary Fawcett refines the healing recipes she\'s inherited from generations of women before her--an uncanny and moral calling to empathize with the sick.
In seventeenth-century England, a female healer enflames the fury of a witchfinder in this propulsive novel about murder, revenge, and the dangerous power of knowledge
