The Witches Of Vardo Av Anya Bergman

Anna, King's Prisoner, stands on the bow of a boat in the snow. She is a woman not long past her child-bearing years, refusing to fade away meekly. She hankers to return to the King's Court in Copenhagen. But Anna can see only one way of getting the pardon she craves and her old life of privilege back. Witches. Here on this island in the far North, there are women who stand out in the tiny fishing community. Ingeborg is as clever and nimble as a cat, climbing the steep cliffs after gulls' eggs. She is caretaker for her wayward widowed mother, and her ethereal little sister. Maren is an outcast: the daughter of a convicted witch and a pirate from North Africa, she is as tall as a tree with long wild hair and amber eyes. Beholden to no man, she knows the secret pulse of this wild and desolate place. Only the Sami community - outsiders too - accept Maren's ways. The powers of these Vardø women are a threat to the Church and the State. If the Governor of Vardø is to protect the King, and