The year is 1349, the place, England. As the bubonic shadow
across the land, Mary Beckett finds herself alone and desperate.
Her father, a physician who has been accused of consorting with the
devil, has been murdered. Even her own interest in medicine has
brought cries of witchcraft. Mary’s only hope is to journey north
to the home of her godly grandmother, a woman her father once
rejected. Doctors and pilgrims will cross her path, and, last but
not least, Peter Donne, a knight on a mission from the king.
Hundreds will beg her to heal them. Will Mary Beckett, a lonely
pilgrim herself, find a way to help her people and herself? If only
she could reach her grandmother’s home, if only she could find her
own way to God...