About the book: 2021 / Continuation of the story “The Heretic” and a dive into the past of the main characters. The story, told by candlelight in the house of the forest witch, reveals the secret of the county of Canteleu, where the heretic Ancel de Coutte found refuge. The young Count Guillaume de Canteleu, who by chance showed interest in two forbidden heretical teachings at once, is trying to find the truth among the contradictions that permeate his life, keeping his research a secret from the Inquisition, and his doubts a secret from the whole world. But neither he nor the informers of the Holy Office suspect where and how the most dangerous secrets are actually kept..