The Witch’s Trinity: A Novel-Fast Shipping

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“A gripping, well-told story of faith and truth.”
—Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner

“A disturbingly effective historical novel.”
—Boston Globe

“Beautifullywritten, nary a word out of place, and with a few moments that throwyou beyond—the way good books do … deeply satisfying.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

A San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2007

In1507, when a severe famine strikes a small town in Germany, afriararrives from a large city, claiming that the town is under thespell ofwitches in league with the devil. He brings with him a bookcalled theMalleus Maleficarum—“The Witch’s Hammer”—a guide togainingconfessions of witchcraft, and promises to identifythe guilty womanwho has brought God’s anger upon the town, burn her,and restorebounty.

Güde Müller suffers stark and frightening visions—recently she has seen thingsthat defy explanation. No one in the village know this, and Güde herself worries thatperhaps her mind has begun to wander—certainly she has outlived all but one of herpeers in Tierkinddorf. Yet of one thing she is absolutely certain: She has becomean object of scorn and a burden to her son’s wife. In these desperate times her daughter-in-lawwould prefer one less hungry mouth at the family table. As the friar turns his eyeon each member of the tiny community, Güde dreads what her daughter-in-law mightsay to win his favor.

Then one terrible night Güde follows an unearthly voice andthe scent of charred meat into the snow-filled woods. Come morning, she no longerknows if the horror she witnessed was real or imagined. She only knows that if thefriar hears of it, she may be damned in this life as well as the next.

The Witch’sTrinity beautifully illuminates a dark period of history; it is vividly imagined,elegantly written, haunting, and unforgettable.