When a young girl in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, falls into a hysterical trance after playing a forbidden fortune-telling game, her small community is overcome by a murderous witch-hunting fever fueled by petty disputes.

In an era of uncertain survival in the New World, the Devil himself was believed to prey on society--and his witches could be convicted by mere children.

Deliverance from Evil brings to life the Salem witch trials, one of the most uncanny times in our nations history. Young girls in trances pointed out neighbors, leaders, relatives--over 150 people were arrested, with many hanged for their supposed sins.

Frances Hill, author of A Delusion of Satan, brings her deep historical and political understanding together with her honed skills as a novelist to produce a picture of the trials both realistic and emotional. She has written an extraordinary and gripping novel of hysteria, power plays, and love in colonial America.