England, 1321
Welcome to the Dark Ages
In the heart of the countryside lies an isolated village, where pagan Owl Masters rule through fear, superstition and murder.

When a group of religious women ill-advisedly settles outside the village, they awaken dangerous jealousies. Why do their crops succeed? How do their cattle survive the plague? Are they concealing a holy relic which protects them from harm?

The Owl Masters cry 'Witchcraft' and sharpen their talons. As torment and hellfire rain down, the women must look to their faith to save them from the darkness spreading across the land.

very atmospheric, I enjoyed this.

Off to stubee!

Thanks Cally-C - KT-J is going to read this first but let's hope I can get through this before our book club meeting!

I really enjoyed this book. Before I read it I didn't know anything about the Beguinages or Beguines so I found it fascinating from a historical perspective to learn about the movement and how they tried to integrate with the villages and what it was like to live in such a community where the medieval mind was ruled by religion and superstition.

I liked the fact that the tale was told through the narrative of different characters as well to provide a holistic view of the story, it made it really atmospheric and all the way through it kept my interest as I was wanting to know what happened.

On the back of reading this I bought Company of Liars so I'm looking forward to seeing if this is just as good as The Owl Killers!

I love this book very medieval and witchcrafty.

I'll be leaving this on the train from London to Manchester.

Sent the book on its way from Bristol Parkway train station. Could end up anywhere up to Brighton!