England, 1645. The country is torn apart by civil war, but in the mind of young Matthew Hopkins, a different fear grows. He knows the land is infected with evil, that women—the servants of Satan—are plotting against him. For seventeen-year-old Pippa Wylde, life's greatest concern is winning the heart of the local lord's son . . . and learning the ways of the "cunning-folk," the herbal remedies and spells taught to her by her aging mother. But when Matthew Hopkins, self-styled Witch-finder General, rides into their tiny hamlet, Pippa and her friends are swept into a nightmare hysteria. While loyalties are twisted and lives shattered by the massive scale of the witch hunt, Pippa finds herself in a personal battle for survival against Hopkins, a man both obsessed and dangerous. Based on a shocking true story, Suffer a Witch brings to life a killer lurking in the pages of history—where the spiritual clash between a man and his inner monsters led to the deaths of nearly three hundred innocents. **Review "Suffer a Witch is the best kind of historical novel: so vivid and compelling that it transports you right into 17th century England ... Morgana Gallaway has created a complex and emotional portrait, not only of these innocent women, but also of their accuser." -- Jillian Cantor, author of "The Transformation of Things" "Dark Age superstition lives on strong ... Suffer a Witch is a riveting novel of witchcraft, drawn from the unfortunate pages of history." -- Midwest Book Review From the Back Cover England, 1645. The country is torn apart by civil war, but in the mind of young Matthew Hopkins, a different fear grows. He knows the land is infected with evil, that women--the servants of Satan--are plotting against him. For seventeen-year-old Pippa Wylde, life's greatest concern is winning the heart of the local lord's son ... and learning the ways of the "cunning-folk", the herbal remedies and spells taught to her by her aging mother. But when Matthew Hopkins, self-styled Witch-finder General, rides into their tiny hamlet, Pippa and her friends are swept into a nightmare hysteria. While loyalties are twisted and lives shattered by the massive scale of the witch hunt, Pippa finds herself in a personal battle for survival against Hopkins, a man both obsessed and dangerous. Based on a shocking true story, Suffer a Witch brings to life a killer lurking in the pages of history--where the spiritual clash between a man and his inner monsters led to the deaths of nearly three hundred innocents.

Every day Leila al-Ghani spends in Mosul is a reminder of what her life once was. Before the war, she was the daughter of one of the city's finest families. She was encouraged by her parents to get an education, to think like a modern woman. But now, with Mosul crumbling around her, she is expected to strictly adhere to traditions, to dress modestly with the hijab covering her hair, and to be arranged in marriage. Disobeying her domineering father and secretly taking a job as a translator at an American military base, Leila's beliefs are forever challenged when she meets a host of new people with different perspectives on the war--and the world. But it is Leila's friendship with Major James Cartwright that will test her courage in profound ways. And when she discovers those she loves are deeply entangled in the most violent, controversial aspects of the war, where she places her loyalties could cost Leila her life. The Nightingale is a riveting debut...