Deze serie duikt in de levens en lotsgevallen van Martha en Thomas Carrier, samen met andere figuren zoals Martha Allen. De boeken volgen hun verhalen in chronologische volgorde, waardoor lezers de ontwikkeling van personages en gebeurtenissen in de loop van de tijd kunnen volgen. Het is een boeiende lectuur voor wie geïnteresseerd is in historische figuren en hun levenspaden. De serie biedt een inkijkje in het verleden en onthult menselijke verhalen binnen de context van hun tijd.
After Thomas Carrier saves Martha Allen from a wolf attack, he discovers wild animals are not the only dangers lurking in the Massachusetts woods: assassins have arrived from London to capture Charles I's executioner, said to be living outside Boston under an assumed name
Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.