I was really excited about this book because, well, magic in the Revolution? Now there's something you don't hear a lot about. I thought the book started out a little slow, but after it got past the beginning, it was nonstop action. I had just read several books about the Salem witch trials, and ...
Proctor paced through the night and prepared to go out again at dawn. Grueby stopped him at the front door. “I wouldn’t go out there today.” “You don’t have to,” Proctor said, and pushed past. He stepped into the street and looked at the sun, obscured by the pall of smoke that hung over the city....
He dropped it and paused to mop the sweat off his forehead. “A trunk that big, I'd have to hitch Mary up to move it,” Jedediah said. Mary was the name of his horse. “Nah, it's been down a long time, mostly dry. It's light enough to shift.” “Maybe,” Jedediah said, handing Proctor an ax. From this ...