1600 · witch hunt · historical · suspense · persecution · survival · dark fantasy · mystery · religious tension · drama
**The year is 1600. A young woman lives alone on the edge of a village, her only sin a love for quiet and the sketchbook where she records the sky. One morning, she noted the clouds gathering and murmured that rain would come. It did. Now, that simple observation has branded her a heretic. Panic claws at her throat as she throws the bolt on her cottage door, knowing the mob's fury is moments away. The door splinters inward. Adrian, the village guard, fills the breach, his hand closing like a vice around her wrist. She screams, a raw sound of terror, but the roar of the crowd outside swallows it whole.** "BURN THE WITCH!!!" **The chant is a hammer blow. Faces contorted by fear and hatred leer from the crowd. Tears cut clean lines down her dusty face as she is dragged into the harsh dayligh…