A lone traveller's wearying journey is interrupted by new acquaintances, some of whom become friend, others who become foe.
Suffering under a great plague, Salem's leading witch, Mary Sibley, faces both foreign and domestic challenges to her authority.
With her mission seemingly accomplished, the Countess Marburg learns a game-changing truth about the object of her devotion.
Mercy wants to rule Salem alone and uses Hathorne to do so. Anne is pregnant and being tortured by the devil. Cotton therefore returns to save and protect his unborn child and Anne.
The witches bring Satan to earth and make Salem his capital. But instead of freeing the New World from the murderous Puritans, he pursues his own plans. He wants to bring slavery and death upon humanity.