Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
When the women take over, is it sorcery or power?
Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the skies break into a sudden and reckless storm. All forty of the village’s men were at sea, including Maren’s father and brother, and all forty are drowned in the otherworldly disaster.
For the women left behind, survival means defying the strict rules of the island. They fish, hunt, and butcher reindeer—which they never did while the men were alive. But the foundation of this new feminine frontier begins to crack with the arrival of Absalom Cornet, a man sent from Scotland to root out alleged witchcraft. Cornet brings with him the threat of danger—and a pretty, young Norwegian wife named Ursa.
As Maren and Ursa are drawn to one another in ways that surprise them both, the island begins to close in on them, with Absalom's iron rule threatening Vardø's very existence.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Subjects
Fiction, historical, Norway, fiction, English literature, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Trials (Witchcraft), Fiction, Witch hunting, Life change events, Widows, Lesbians, History, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Historical, FICTION / LGBT / Lesbian, FICTION / LiteraryShowing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
6
The Mercies
Feb 11, 2020, Hachette Book Group and Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
1549130935 9781549130939
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
ID Numbers
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created December 27, 2021
- 2 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
July 29, 2022 | Edited by soeri | //covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/12842079-S.jpg |
December 27, 2021 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Better World Books record |