![]() ![]() She realizes that Raven is deaf rather than-as the superstitious townsfolk believe-possessed by demons, and develops a sign language with which the two young people communicate (fueling suspicions of witchcraft). In this hostile environment the parish priest and an outcast boy Marnie dubs Raven are the young widow's only allies. After a mere two days of marriage, Isake dies in a freak accident for which the villagers unfairly blame Marnie, whom they suspect is a witch. ![]() Marnie arrives in the village of Torcurra to live in a rundown and isolated cottage with her new husband, Isake Isherwood, the son of a nobleman. Jordan (Winter of Fire) transports readers to a craggy seaside town for this sweeping story of a blossoming friendship between a young woman outsider and a young man whom the townsfolk deem mad. ![]()
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