<B>“</B><B>Stylish and raw</B><B>…</B><B>seizes the reader</B><B>’</B><B>s sympathy and does not let go</B><B>.” —</B><B>Anne Enright, Booker Prize</B><B>–</B><B>winning author of</B><B><I>The Gathering</I></B><BR><BR><b>For readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel, an immersive literary debut inspired by historical events—a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century England—that claimed many innocent lives.</b><BR><BR>East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer, and servant, has lived peacefully for more than four decades in her beloved seaside village of Cleftwater. Having lost her voice as a child, Martha has not spoken a word in years.<BR><BR>One autumn morning, a sinister newcomer appears in town. The witchfinder, Silas Makepeace, has been blazing a trail of destruction along the coast, and now has Cleftwater in his sights. His arrival strikes fear into the heart of the community. Within a day, local women are being captured