"Re-imagines the superstition and hysteria surrounding the 17th-century Salem witch trials in novelistic form." --USA Today
"In this beautiful, memorable and exquisitely crafted novel, Frances Hill, world expert on the Salem Witch hunt, brings both persecutors and persecuted to breathing life on the page. History and fiction blend seamlessly: Hill's people are our suffering contemporaries whose dilemmas speak powerfully to the modern condition." --Steve Davies, Booker and Orange Prize-shortlisted author of The Element of Water
"When history makes you weep, it is the novelist's job to give meaning to the tears. Frances Hill has done this. Be as brave as she had been and read this book." --Sarah Dunant, author of Sacred Hearts
"Historian Hill utilizes her extensive research on the Salem Witch Trials to bone-chilling effect in this riveting tale of a town spiraling out of control." --Booklist
"Frances Hill, an expert on the Salem witch-hunt, has crafted a dramatic novel bringing to life the accusers and the accused" --Sun Journal