A fast-paced, romantic historical thriller in which a rural village is ripped apart by accusations of witchcraft The Reverend Burnett is the unpopular minister at Abdale. Behind the manse lies Silma Hill, which has a circle of ancient standing stones at its summit. Burnett lives with his 16-year-old daughter Fiona whom he treats no better than a servant. Old Sangster unearths a pagan icon in the peat beneath Silma Hill and hands it over to Burnett,...