A village in Upper Bavaria in the seventeenth century.A lone, intelligent and gifted woman with a great knowledge that othersbelieve to besorcery.Making amulets and preparing poultices, studying the power of herbs, stones and consulting the stars, Marika has to find a way to survivealone in a world that sees her as a threat and where women are viewed as no morethan animals.The glint of light in a child’s eyes, the murder of the father of a family and the arrival of an Inquisitor to the village destroys the delicate balance that Marika holdswith the villagers. All the envy and rancourwhich has festered for years ripens to produce the most bitter fruit, hatred.