Elloren Gardner assomiglia in modo impressionante a sua nonna, la quale respinse le forze nemiche durante l’ultima Guerra del Regno. Mentre la sua gente crede che seguirà le sue orme diventando la prossima Strega Nera annunciata dalla profezia, Elloren, priva di poteri magici, deve farsi strada in una società che premia la magia sopra ogni altra cosa. Quando le viene concessa l’opportunità di perseguire il suo sogno di diventare una farmacista, decide di raggiungere i suoi fratelli all’Università di Verpax. Ben presto si rende conto che la scuola potrebbe essere il luogo più infido di tutti per la nipote della Strega Nera. Mentre il male incombe e la pressione della sua eredità aumenta, l’unica speranza di sopravvivenza potrebbe risiedere all’interno di un gruppo segreto di ribelli... Troverà il coraggio di fidarsi di coloro che le hanno sempre insegnato a temere? Una magia potente, un’eredità letale e un mondo sull’orlo della guerra. Preparatevi a rimanere incantati da The Black Witch – L’erede, primo volume della serie The Black Witch Chronicles.

Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch. But while she is the absolute spitting image of her famous grandmother, Elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all

Cindy Lost was an ordinary girl with an ordinary mother. That is, until she set the cat's tail on fire by waving a stick at him. After that everything became weird. Gnomes coming out of her mother's glass cabinet, being just one example, and large Black birds asking to be let into the house being another. Her introduction into a world of enchantment and all things magical was tempered by the knowledge that something evil was lurking there. Finding out that her mother was not as she seemed to be, and was suspected of being the infamous Black Witch, Cindy set out to unmask the real culprit, and prove her mother's innocence.

Despite Annabel Horton's frantic search through time, her beloved husband, Michele is still missing. It's during the horror of Jack the Ripper in London, 1888, that he's finally discovered, hopelessly trapped in the bowels of White Chapel England in the Black Witch's cage. Annabel and her family attempt to rescue Michele but it's a trap concocted by the Black Witch and the Devil. Now the devil has Annabel all to himself. Ensnared in a web of death, the only person that can save Annabel and her family is the Black Witch. But will she give up her taste of freedom to help Annabel and her loved ones escape the devil's grasp?

Blending the fictional with the factual, this highly praised novel ranges from the warm shores of seventeenth-century Barbados to the harsh realities of the slave trade, and the cold customs of Puritanical New England. It tells the story of Tituba, the only Black victim of the Salem witch trials and in doing so recalls a life of extraordinary experiences and mystical powers. Foreword by Angela Davis. Winner of France's prestigious Grand Prix Literaire de la Femme.