Part of The Cahill Witch Chronicles
First published 2013
Cate Cahill knows the Sisterhood needs her. The Brotherhood has intensified its persecution of witches, and a fragmented coven is counting on Cate to step into the powers the Prophecy promises her. Then her friend Sachi is arrested for using magic, and a war-hungry Sister offers help at a steep price: put everyone Cate loves at risk. Cate refuses to become a weapon. She refuses to drag Finn into the Sisterhood's plotting. But when her sisters Maura and Tess join the coven, the choice stops being hers alone. Maura wants victory, and she will pay any price to get it. She will sacrifice whoever stands in her way. She will go around Cate if she has to. The second book in the Cahill Witch Chronicles, set in an alternate-history New England, follows three sisters who are trying to protect each other, hold onto love, and survive a conflict that keeps pulling them apart. The emotional center is simple and brutal: the person most likely to destroy Cate is her own sister.
Genres: fantasy, supernatural, young-adult, dark-fantasy, alternate-history, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, gritty, intense, introspective, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family, power-struggle, sibling-conflict
Setting: New England
Period: alternate-history
384 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: death, violence