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Ashes of Salem
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 15 2025
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The air hung thick with the stench of fear and wood smoke, a miasma clinging to the cobbled streets of Salem Village. It was a fear that tasted of ash and brimstone, a fear that seeped into the very timbers of the houses, whispering of accusations and
damnation. Karine, barely seventeen, felt it prickle her skin, a cold dread that had nothing to do with the late autumn chill. She knew the source of this terror, the chilling shadow that had fallen upon her home: the Salem witch trials.
She'd witnessed it all - the frenzied accusations, the terrified cries, the grotesque spectacle of public hangings on Gallows Hill. The faces of her neighbors, once familiar and friendly, were now
contorted masks of suspicion and hatred. A single misplaced word, a stray glance, a sudden illness - any of these could be twisted into evidence of demonic pact.
Her own abilities, a legacy passed down through generations of women in her family, had always been a carefully guarded secret. The ability to heal with a touch, to coax life from wilting herbs, to speak with the whispers of the wind - these were gifts, not curses. But in Salem, under the suffocating weight of religious hysteria, they were damning evidence.
One evening, huddled in the cramped attic of her family's home, she'd heard the pounding of feet on the stairs, the guttural shouts of a mob fueled by righteous fury. They were coming for her Aunt Martha, a woman whose gentle hands possessed an uncanny ability to soothe pain and mend broken bones, skills that were now
deemed witchcraft. Karine's heart hammered against her ribs, a frantic drumbeat against the rising crescendo of angry voices.
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