Can a man be maimed by witchcraft? Can a severed head speak? Based on the most notorious of English witch-trials this is a tale of magic superstition conscience & ruthless murder. It is set in a time when politics & religion were closely intertwined; when following the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 every Catholic conspirator fled to a wild & untamed place far from the reach of London law. This is Lancashire. This is Pendle. This is witch country.