First published 2020
Odette lost her mother and sister to witchfinder executions five years ago. She barely escaped with her life. Now she lives alone in the woods near her old village, refusing to use magic and hoping for safety. But supernatural signs begin appearing around her. Crows fall from the sky. Spectral voices call to her on the wind. She finds herself in the graveyard at midnight with no memory of how she got there. Strange children follow her through the forest. Her former friends in the village believe she's tormenting them with ghostly birds as revenge for abandoning her during the witch hunts. Then Odette learns the witchfinders are returning with orders to burn her. She must overcome her fear of her own growing magical power and listen to the whispers from the dead if she wants to stop the army determined to eliminate all magic from the countryside.
Genres: historical-fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, overcoming-fear
Setting: Countryside
Period: 19th-Century
172 pages · Paperback · Broken Eye Books
Content warnings: death