She was alone... 1664-1666: years of plague, fire and superstition. Katharine Gurney is the daughter of an executed witch, a shepherdess with latent powers. And then he came... Francois Borri is a cunning man, an apostatized priest turned sorcerer, who seeks to use her as he has used others before in his brutal quest for wealth and status. The Witch is a tale of murder and manipulation; a story of cruel domination and ultimate vengeance. It is the account of one woman's struggle for survival in a world which executed nine million women as witches ... and of the man...
Cheryl Potter was born in Leicester in 1958. Sponsored by Marconi Radar she gained an Honours degree in Engineering. She makes a living teaching maths and science, loves dogs, dancing and being there for her loved ones. Her secret passion and creative outlet is writing. She has had many historical articles published. Her remarkable first novel 'The Witch' was originally published by Robert Hale (London) and Gustav Lubbe (Germany) in 1996. The sequel 'The Witch's Son' followed in 1997 to much acclaim.