During the turbulent reign of Richard II, the poor become even poorer, and the landowners line their pockets. Everyone is for himself, regardless of social status or wealth. But who to believe in a world where nothing can be taken at face value? To the stern wool merchant? His impulsive son? The charming eyes of his adopted daughter? Or a widow with black hair like a raven's wing, clutching a necklace of bloody jasper? And when people begin to die unnatural deaths, and the peasants decide that it is time to do something, it turns out that witchcraft is lurking everywhere.