The Witch's Secret: A Novel

Joya Shaw, a young witch, discovers a murderous plot to turn the tide of the Civil War in a new, unfamiliar place. She gambles that thwarting the plot could be the key to ending her exile, but demon hunting is a dangerous game. If she fails, she will forfeit her life, soul, and chance to stop the tide of the war from turning in an unspeakable direction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2024
Publisher: Pegasus Books

Alone and in a new, unfamiliar place, a young witch named Joya Shaw discovers a murderous plot to turn the tide of the Civil War—which might also be the key to getting her powers and place in society back, if it doesn't kill her first. After using a forbidden spell to wring a confession from her faithless lover, Joya is stripped of her power and banished to the magical backwater of the Colorado Territory. But it is 1862, and the American Civil War is raging, and going west doesn't mean leaving the battlefields behind. When Joya arrives at a homesteader's cabin and discovers the occupants savagely slain, she knows it is no mere murder: traces of demon magic cling to the bodies. Days later, a Union patrol is wiped out the same way, and Joya begins to suspect that someone is trying to create a new weapon for the rebel arsenal. She gambles that thwarting the plot could be the key to ending her exile. But demon hunting is a dangerous game, and it's all too easy for the hunter to become the prey. Trapped, Joya enters into an uneasy alliance with a demon. She must find a way to free herself or bend its power to her will. If she fails, she will forfeit not only her life but also her soul—along with the chance to stop the tide of the war from turning in an unspeakable direction.

Weight: 476g
Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781639366293