In the after-effects of the Great Plague and also in the middle of the subsequent witch-hunts versus females, a young widow faces the awful death of her other half in a society totally consumed by concern as well as death. Because she declines the advancements of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch as well as thrown in jail for a crime she didn't commit. She must sustain physical mistreatment at the hands of England's most ruthless witch-hunter as well as face her own internal demons as the devil himself starts to function his means into her mind.