‘Dart’, Deborah Harvey’s lyrical yet unflinching portrayal of life on Dartmoor during the winter of 1348-49, takes the reader back to a time when half the population of the British Isles was struck down by the Black Death and the only remedies were prayer … and witchcraft.

Tobias Hext is in love with Beatrice and if his sister, Kat, is to be believed, the feeling’s mutual. But in nearby Tavystoke, the townsfolk are dying of some terrible fever, and it’s creeping ever closer to their village, thanks to the illicit activities of their neighbour, the villainous Serlo Crake. And then there’s the witch, Isabella, and her strange stone arrowhead. Will it bring good fortune or be the death of them all?