Isaac knows all too well what it's like to be a victim of the puritans, making him a valuable ally to John and Cotton as they try to find out the truth behind Salem's witches.
A reverend's daughter, Mercy is both powerful and vulnerable. She's the victim of a terrifying tormentor that only she can see, but there are scars left behind to lend credence to her tales.
Anne is the magistrate's daughter and takes a liking to John Alden upon his return to town. Is she going to get caught up with the right or wrong people in this war on witches?
Well-educated aristocrat Cotton is driven by obsessions and desires not befitting a preacher as he hunts down witches without knowing exactly who is pulling the strings around him.
John went to war to try to escape the puritanical ways of his hometown of Salem, only to return hardened, in the midst of a literal witch hunt. His love, Mary, wed when she thought him dead and seems to be caught in the middle of the witch hunt in ways he can't imagine.
