Sunwise (The Newcastle Witch Trials Trilogy, Book 2) by Helen Steadman

 

Sunwise
(The Newcastle Witch Trials Trilogy, Book 2)
By Helen Steadman

Publication Date: 11th April 2022

Publisher: Bell Jar Books

Page Length: 252

Genre: Historical Fiction / Horror

Sunwise tells the story of one woman’s struggle for survival in a hostile and superstitious world.

England, 1650. When Jane’s lover, Tom, returns from the navy to find her unhappily married to his betrayer, Jane is caught in an impossible situation.

Still reeling from the loss of her mother at the hands of the Scottish witchfinder, Jane has no choice but to continue her dangerous work as a healer while keeping her young daughter safe.

But as Tom searches for a way for him and Jane to be together, the witchfinder is still at large. Filled with vengeance, John Sharpe will stop at nothing in his quest to rid Scotland and England of the scourge of witchcraft.

The Newcastle Witch Trials trilogy was inspired by a little-known English witch hunt, where fifteen women and one man were hanged for witchcraft on a single day in August 1650.

Praise

In a harrowing addition to the series, “Sunwise (The Newcastle Witch Trials Trilogy, Book 2)” by Helen Steadman is a chilling but unforgettable novel. Drenched in the implications of evil and the horrifying power that men had over women during this period, this is a novel that will stay in your mind for a long time after reading, and not only because of the dark and unsettling scenes. The societal undertones of this novel lend a lot to consideration for how power can so easily be abused, and the use of religion in John’s crusade is almost sardonic in its connotations of the fight between good and evil.

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Helen Steadman

Helen Steadman mostly writes biographical historical fiction (think herbs, healing, witch trials, swords, shipwrecks and lighthouses) set in the north east of England. So far, she’s written the Newcastle Witch Trials trilogy (Widdershins, Sunwise and Solstice), The Running Wolf (about the Shotley Bridge swordmakers) and Grace (about Grace Darling, the heroic lighthouse keeper’s daughter).

And then — because why not — there’s God of Fire set on Mount Olympus, which is absolutely nowhere near the north east of England. A sequel featuring Aphrodite is planned. Probably. At some point. (Helen is a slow writer. Deadlines tend to pass her by.)

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