Isobel and Holly are on holiday at Pendle Hill., Lancashire. There they meet the famous historian Professor Ronald Hatton. He has unearthed an old ruined cottage, to a magical world of witchcraft, and feuds going back four hundred years. Malkin Tower, that unknowingly is the portal to a magical world of witchcraft, and feuds going back four hundred years.
Old Demdike was a 'Cunning Woman' who made a living from the local villagers' fears and superstitions. Old Chattox was her adversary, a devious scaremonger. The two crones and their families were at logger heads for years until one day, in1612, Judge Nowell arrested Old Demdike and imprisoned her in Lancaster Castle. Her daughter Elizabeth held a secret meeting and planned to blast her mother out of jail. Those who attended were accused of plotting to blow up the Castle, and without fair trial were hung for practising witchcraft.
Centuries on, a mysterious 'Deadly Curse' threatens to wipe out both of the old crones' descendants as well as a number of the residents of Pendle Hill. It falls to Isobel to close the portal before generations of witches are destroyed. Can she achieve this - and what is the family secret she has never been told?
Old Demdike was a 'Cunning Woman' who made a living from the local villagers' fears and superstitions. Old Chattox was her adversary, a devious scaremonger. The two crones and their families were at logger heads for years until one day, in1612, Judge Nowell arrested Old Demdike and imprisoned her in Lancaster Castle. Her daughter Elizabeth held a secret meeting and planned to blast her mother out of jail. Those who attended were accused of plotting to blow up the Castle, and without fair trial were hung for practising witchcraft.
Centuries on, a mysterious 'Deadly Curse' threatens to wipe out both of the old crones' descendants as well as a number of the residents of Pendle Hill. It falls to Isobel to close the portal before generations of witches are destroyed. Can she achieve this - and what is the family secret she has never been told?
