"It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she...

Three women in nineteenth-century Ireland bond over a shared effort to rescue a child from a superstitious community that believes that his trauma-related inability to speak indicates that he is a changeling responsible for a series of misfortunes.

A fictional account of the history of the Caribbean area includes the racial, political, and economic struggles from the arrival of Columbus and Spanish control to present day problems.

Nia, who dreams of an education and the chance at a better life, must battle the dangers of local superstition and thwart her father's plans for her future.

"What is all this living about? asks Alonso Roel, a powerful magnate, father of a successful cellist and a brilliant painter. He recognizes himself as a superstitious man and, nevertheless, accepts the invitation to visit a witch to confirm that life will continue to smile at him. This encounter will alter his destiny. Is it true that his wife is unfaithful to him? Should he fear for the health and safety of his loved ones? Does evil never come alone?...