

Any word containing a double f was incomplete meaning I had to fill in words written as ‘shu led’ and ‘o erring’ the entire way through, and random letters and numbers were scattered throughout. The first line of every page was missing, I had to guess from one letter what the entire sentence could be. If you frequent my Twitter account you may have seen my dismay at the wreckage of an ARC I received from Transworld. And if Bethel is to change, it must begin with her. But when she begins to learn grim truths about the Church and its history, she realises the true threat to Bethel is its own darkness. Their spirits are still walking there, and they bestow a gift on Immanuelle: the diary of her dead mother, who Immanuelle is shocked to learn once sought sanctuary in the wood.įascinated by secrets in the diary, Immanuelle finds herself struggling to understand how her mother could have consorted with the witches. The daughter of a union with an outsider that cast her once-proud family into disgrace, Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol and lead a life of submission, devotion and absolute conformity, like all the women in the settlement.īut a chance mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood that surrounds Bethel – a place where the first prophet once pursued and killed four powerful witches. Publication date July 2020/ Publisher Transworld
