The Kingdom. A Witch for the Emperor

Katarina Demar is a wood witch. But to be born as a witch in a kingdom where a merciless inquisition rages is extremely dangerous. Katarina hides her gift, yet fanatic monks unmask her. They want to burn the witch at the stake. Unexpectedly, a powerful and terrifying inquisitor of Aragon, Senor de Lothargo, comes to the girl’s defense. Diego de Lothargo demands that Katarina be handed over for trial by the Holy Inquisition. The monks retreat, and the girl swears that she is not a witch. But it isn’t so easy to fool the inquisitor of Aragon. Capturing Katarina, Diego takes her to Cartagena to check whether she has a magical gift.

But what does the sinister inquisitor really want from the girl? Katarina doesn’t want to play his incomprehensible games, because she desperately wants to escape.

From the author: A mini-novel. The “Kingdom” cycle. The books in the cycle share an alternative world resembling 16th-century Spain. In each novel, there are different main characters, a unique plot, and a logical ending. You can read them separately from the other books.