Description
The Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa is the story of Amara, daughter of the village demon-priest on an island overtaken by British colonizers. While the villagers once respected her father’s craft, they have turned on him since the coming of the British. But they ask for his help again when something begins seizing men in the jungle. Amara will struggle to clear her father’s name, even as she slips deeper into the dark forces at work on the island.
A luscious horror story, this novel mines the depths of human depravity and desperation. It’s what happens when the female psyche is pushed too far. As Amara struggles to make sense of the darkness surrounding her, so too does the reader. A true psychological terror, The Island Witch embraces the violent and creepy. Due to that atmosphere of violence, this is a story for a certain kind of reader. Trigger warnings include rape, murder, demons, a goddess, possession, incest, and much abuse of women from all parties. While a powerful story, it may also prove seriously disturbing to some readers.