The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood HargraveThe storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vard is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant. Vard is now a place of women. Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa

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