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An outlaw plowman falsely accusedAn alchemist's virgin who is more than she seemsA fiendish murderer hiding in plain sight Cathar country, (now) southern France, year: 1200. When the woodcutter's only daughter is murdered, the citadel's bailiff tries to arrest Bertwoin the Plowman, who flees. To prove his innocence, the desperate plowman runs to a master alchemist and his professional virgin, Flowia, for help. Bertwoin must find the brutal killer while the grieving woodcutter, the relentless bailiff, and righteous monks pursue him. His search for clues takes him to the corpse room inside an abbey, to a torture pit near the Devil's Doorstep, and to the accursed home of a heretic priest. When monks capture Bertwoin, wily Flowia rescues him from the dungeon and hides with him where no one would think to look for them. To save his own life and another life as precious as his own, Bertwoin must outwit the fiendish murderer. But now the sadistic killer also hunts them . . . and he knows how to find them.

A plowman who fails to prevent a murder A corpse stolen while a priest prays over it A clever killer that must be caught in three days Cathar country, (now southern France), late autumn in the year 1200. The alchemist sends Bertwoin to work in the château's kitchen to prevent the murder of the visconte's son. Bertwoin fails.And before the alchemist can examine the corpse for clues, the killer commits the impossible crime of stealing the body while a priest keeps vigil over it.Now the murderer hunts other noble prey.Then Sir Philippe, a powerful knight, accuses Bertwoin of being the killer.The visconte gives the alchemist and Bertwoin three days to find the murderer.