The forest of Pendle during the early Seventeenth Century; a wild inaccessible corner of Lancashire where the ancient fear of demons and witches is still part of life - and death. When several local people die in mysterious circumstances, Squire Roger Nowell dismisses talk of witchcraft as superstition. But soon a series of hideous desecrations take place, and there are unmistakable signs that a black coven is assembling to plot a campaign of evil and destruction..... (taken from the cover notes)