Fife, Scotland, 1649.
From valerian root to milk thistle, Fife has relied on the Blackwood sisters’ natural remedies for a decade. Gardening and grinding an array of flora into desired tonics and salves, the days are calm and they are content in their quiet lives . . . until the bodies start to pile up.
Three corpses and one liar, ignite a dozen rumors, thrusting the small town into hysteria. Suspicion poisons and violence erupts as Isla and Elspeth stand accused bana-bhuidseaches. Witches.
The mania accelerates with the arrival of John Kincaid, the notorious witch pricker, stirring the townspeople to commit a most heinous act. With nothing left to lose, the sisters swear vengeance and now, ergot fungus, daffodils, and cherry laurel line their aprons as they wield their knowledge of botany like blades. If the mob believes them to be disciples of the devil, the women refuse to disappoint.
Genre: Historical
From valerian root to milk thistle, Fife has relied on the Blackwood sisters’ natural remedies for a decade. Gardening and grinding an array of flora into desired tonics and salves, the days are calm and they are content in their quiet lives . . . until the bodies start to pile up.
Three corpses and one liar, ignite a dozen rumors, thrusting the small town into hysteria. Suspicion poisons and violence erupts as Isla and Elspeth stand accused bana-bhuidseaches. Witches.
The mania accelerates with the arrival of John Kincaid, the notorious witch pricker, stirring the townspeople to commit a most heinous act. With nothing left to lose, the sisters swear vengeance and now, ergot fungus, daffodils, and cherry laurel line their aprons as they wield their knowledge of botany like blades. If the mob believes them to be disciples of the devil, the women refuse to disappoint.
Genre: Historical