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Reviewed by Alice DiNizo for Readers' Favorite
Author Michael Sortomme has written a complicated, but highly readable, story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. It is the story of Giles Corey, an elderly farmer who refused to admit that he was a witch and was pressed under stones, then beaten to death. With these horrors of Colonial times as background, the author then tells a believable tale of modern day Sophie St. Cloud, who has an insight into the world after death and knows that people who have died violently need to be freed to move onto the Light. Sophie, her husband Dyland, and friends Dora and Poe perform many complicated rituals, enduring attacks from Salem's past, as they attempt to free innocent souls accused falsely so many centuries ago. They come from their home in Oregon, loaded with supplies to guide them on their spiritual journey.
Sophie, Dylan, Dora, and Poe, their friends, allies and their enemies are well-drawn, absorbing characters. They draw the reader into this well-written, well-edited story of modern day spiritually motivated persons reaching back into history to correct terrible wrongs.
That Sophie St. Cloud and her friends practice occult and Shamanic Native American practices will sometimes perplex the reader, but the plot development will keep that reader focused until the last page.
The author's first-rate art work at the beginning of each chapter and her many clear maps of different areas of focus in the story are total assets to this tale of four brave persons attempting to emancipate Giles Corey and others who were wrongly accused and tortured so very long ago.
