An alternative 19th century. Witches and witchers live side by side with ordinary people and are ruled by the Coven. Despite a truce with the world’s main religious institution—the Order of the Primal—hidden enmity between magic and faith continues. A young witch, a specialist in curses, Esther Crowe, finds herself pulled into an investigation of ritual murders in which people like her are blamed. Will she be able to clear the witches’ good name and uncover the secret behind her brother’s death, or will misty Venice swallow her despite the protection of an ancient witcher and the chief inquisitor?