The Daylight Gate

Synopsis

'utterly compulsive' daily telegraph'a gripping gothic read' sarah hall, guardian'so seductive. I was hooked' independentthe forest of pendle used to be a hunting ground, but some say that the hill is the hunter - alive in its black-and-green coat cropped like an animal pelt. Good friday, 1612. Two notorious witches await trial and certain death in lancaster castle, whilst a small group gathers in secret protest. Into this group the self-made alice nutter stakes her claim and swears to fight against the rule of fear. But what is alice's connection to these witches?