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A powerfully poignant tale of one of the most turbulent moments in Scotland's history: the North Berwick Witch Trials. It's the 4th of December 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below Edinburgh's High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor--Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe. As the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace--and the tantalizing prospect of escape. Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day. Contains mature themes.

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"Jenni Fagan is an award-winning novelist, poet, screenwriter, and playwright. She is the author of The Panopticon and The Sunlight Pilgrims, as well as a collection of poetry, The Dead Queen of Bohemia. In 2013 Jenni was the only Scottish writer to be on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list. She lives in Edinburgh. Lianne Walker is a Scottish audio storyteller from Edinburgh working in audiobooks, podcasting, and long-form narration. Her voice has been described as ""warm, calm, and uplifting, with a wee sprinkle of Scottish magic."" From her ""session booth"" professional quality studio at home in Edinburgh, Lianne narrates audiobooks but is also researching her new podcast on women in science and history, a passion project of hers, which will be released later this year. Through her work in sustainability publishing and events, business consultancy, public speaking, and psychiatric nursing, Lianne has learned firsthand how stories bring us together and shape our lives. A self-confessed history and science nerd, Lianne has an insatiable curiosity and loves giving voice to stories where truth and story combine; she especially enjoys nonfiction (history, biography/memoir, science, nature, philosophy, and self-help) and in fiction, historical and literary fiction, along with cozy mysteries. Her guilty pleasure is a wee historical romance (which she will now be narrating under a pseudonym). Having grown up in the Far East (Hong Kong and Singapore), Lianne was privileged to go to school with over forty nationalities, which gave her a love and understanding of the diversity and wonder of our world. She learned Spanish, French, and some German at school, has a deep love of Italy, and is learning Italian at present. She has a natural soft Scottish accent; her education at British schools abroad makes her just as comfortable with Scottish and English accents (mainly NE, SW, and Estuary) and Irish accents. She also loves her own native Scottish Gaelic. When not storytelling and researching, Lianne loves spending quality time with her family, swimming, walking by the sea, traveling especially to the tranquillity of the Scottish Highlands, and of course, reading. She has a love for classical music, playing the clarinet, and in her youth was a competitive swimmer and high board diver."

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