England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. Alinor, a descendant of wise women, waits in the graveyard for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Suspected of possessing dark secrets in superstitious times, Alinor's ambition and determination mark her out from her neighbours who are soon ready to take lethal action into their own hands. England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different ...