**Murder sparks a witchcraft charge and mob fury in this "absorbing historical mystery" set in seventeenth-century America from a *New York Times*βbestselling author (*Publishers Weekly*).** It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced t
Speaks the Nightbird
β Scribed by Robert McCammon
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster;Pocket Books
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 439 KB
- Edition
- First Pocket books trade paperback edition
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Judgment of the WitchThe Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe a witch has cursed their town with inexplicable tragedies -- and they demand that beautiful widow Rachel Howarth be tried and executed for witchcraft. Presiding over the trial is traveling magistrate Issac Woodward, aided by his astute young clerk, Matthew Corbett. Believing in Rachel's innocence, Matthew will soon confront the true evil at work in Fount Royal....Evil UnveiledAfter hearing damning testimony, magistrate Woodward sentences the accused witch to death by burning. Desperate to exonerate the woman he has come to love, Matthew begins his own investigation among the townspeople. Piecing together the truth, he has no choice but to vanquish a force more malevolent than witchcraft in order to save his beloved Rachel -- and free Fount Royal from the menace claiming innocent lives.
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