Madame Fetid is a supremely vain, horribly wicked witch. To retain her youth, magic requires that she eat living things - plants, insects - people. Ah, people, very good - powerful youth potion. And children, oh the very best of all, those wonderful, succulent life-giving little creatures.
A young student sets out to investigate a long-forgotten crime in the quiet, small Portuguese town of Dornelas, Amares. But as night falls, his search leads him to a witch and to the horrors that have been waiting for him.
