![]() ![]() And, if Rachel is a witch, why hasn’t she used her powers to fly away from the gaol on the wings of a nightbird? A number of her accusers appear to gain by her execution. Clues to the crimes seem too convenient and contrived. The testimony against her is fanatical and unreliable. Struck first by her beauty, Matthew believes Rachel to be too dignified, courageous, and intelligent for such obscene charges. But Matthew Corbett, young clerk to the traveling magistrate summoned to Fount Royal to weigh the accusations, soon finds himself persuaded in favor of the beguiling young widow. She’s been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. ![]() It’s 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. ![]() While Susco doesn’t have too many writing credits under his belt, he is responsible for the first two films in ‘The Grudge’ series and the upcoming Blumhouse and Universal release of ‘Unfriended: Dark Web.’Īs to the novel, the synopsis describes it as: At this time, Stephen Susco (‘The Grudge,’ ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’) is slated to adapt it while Mark Wolper of Wolper Organization, Kevin Matusow of The Traveling Picture Show Company, Shay Prentice, and Kevin Nicklaus are all set to produce the series. While it hasn’t been greenlit by FX yet, the network is starting the process of developing Robert McCammon’s best-selling horror novel ‘Speaks the Nightbird’ into a potential ongoing series. ![]()
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