Amidst the many calamities of the late 14th century something sinister is at work among the sisters of la Tres Saunte Annunciacion, a force the women and the men around them seem powerless to fight. What is overwhelming both the holy and the damned? The true horrors of a dark age combine with ingenious imagination for a tumultuous tale of tragic love and disastrous desire.
From the Publisher
"Terrifying. Her picture of women going slowly mad in a convent during one of history's darkest periods is both gruesome and irresistible." - Stephen King
"Sinister, sensual, and damned scary...if Chelsea Quinn Yarbro had written this four hundred years ago she would have been burned at the stake -- very, very slowly!" - Whitley Strieber
The uncut, restored, original novel as authorized by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro! This edition includes -- for the first time ever -- over 25,000 words cut from the mass market version.
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Amidst the many calamities of the late 14th century something sinister is at work among the sisters of la Tres Saunte Annunciacion, a force the women and the men around them seem powerless to fight. What is overwhelming both the holy and the damned? The true horrors of a dark age combine with ingenious imagination for a tumultuous tale of tragic love and disastrous desire.
From the Publisher
"Terrifying. Her picture of women going slowly mad in a convent during one of history's darkest periods is both gruesome and irresistible." - Stephen King
"Sinister, sensual, and damned scary...if Chelsea Quinn Yarbro had written this four hundred years ago she would have been burned at the stake -- very, very slowly!" - Whitley Strieber
The uncut, restored, original novel as authorized by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro! This edition includes -- for the first time ever -- over 25,000 words cut from the mass market version.