After a storm kills a remote Norwegian village’s men, the surviving women face a ruthless witch hunter and a forbidden bond.
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After a storm kills a remote Norwegian village’s men, the surviving women face a ruthless witch hunter and a forbidden bond.
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 ...
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Central same-sex romance with intimacy; graphic sexual violence depicted
Torture, executions, graphic deaths, blood, and fire injury in witch trials
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Central lesbian relationship between protagonists Maren and Ursa
Christian faith and clergy drive persecution; pervasive religious control
No fantasy magic; witchcraft is alleged, not real
Witchcraft accusations, demonology fears, and ritual suspicion drive the plot
Feminist themes of patriarchal power, oppression, and female resistance
Suicide and suicidal thoughts depicted among characters
Domestic abuse, sexual violence, torture, racism, and systemic cruelty
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