Little does Rafael de Crevemont, the undoubted right hand of Grand Inquisitor Charles d'Aubry, know how the encounter with a supposed witch will change his life.
Leaving behind trials, burning stakes and all his privileges, he seeks a new purpose as master of a hospice and a poor-house, but when he falls for Agnes Briot, a spirited woman, a healer in addition, everything he ever believed in gets turned upside downÉ
Reunited with his brothers, Raynald and Thierry, he soon becomes aware that not only enemies from his own past are lurking in the dark, but other forces tooÉ