After the death of King Charles II, the villages of the Somerset Levels become central to the intrigues that follow as the pretender James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, invades the West Country to claim the throne from his uncle, King James II. However, the mist-haunted moors become a battleground for more than the throne of England as the bitter threads of one woman's vengeance are woven together with an ancient and virulent evil.
After the death of King Charles II, the villages of the Somerset Levels become central to the intrigues that follow as the pretender James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, invades the West Country to claim the throne from his uncle, King James II. However, the mist-haunted moors become a battleground for more than the throne of England as the bitter threads of one woman's vengeance are woven together with an ancient and virulent evil.