Set an Essex England in 1648, Alice Hopkins returned to a small town. She grew up in. Widowed and with child, and without prospects, she is forced to find refuge in the house of her younger brother. And the time that she is gone, the boys she knew has become a man of influence and wealth, but has changed then merely his fortunes. His childhood misfortune have scarred his soul. And there is a new darkness in town.

ISBN: 9780399179143