She’s an itinerant herbalist
With a body count.

For twenty years, Tanyth Fairport has traveled Korlay, collecting herb-lore from the scattered mid-wives and witch-women. To complete her collection she must find the hermit of Lammas Wood. Racing against the changing seasons, she agrees to winter with a village in need of her expertise in return for their help in the spring.

But as winter closes in, highwaymen attack – threatening children, kidnapping villagers, and burning buildings. In facing these threats, Tanyth sees strange visions and flexes unrecognized magic. She fears insanity as she walks the razor thin line between power and madness.

How far can she go before she goes too far?

Or has she already taken that fateful step?