When an Exeter guild master dies suddenly on horseback, John sees no reason for an inquest until a straw figure pierced through the heart is discovered beneath the saddle. The widow and her clerical allies turn the object into proof of witchcraft and begin a campaign against the city’s healers and cunning women.
Fear divides Exeter as accusation becomes a means of settling private disputes. John is forced into direct conflict with church authorities when Nesta is named as a witch, and he must prove that the death and the supposed magic were arranged by human hands before she is sent to the gallows.
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