Inawell-actedhistoricaldramaaboutclashesbetweenoppositeendsoftheeconomicandculturalspectrum，aliteralwitchhuntinaBasquevillagesetsorthodoxreligionagainstpaganbeliefs，feudallordsagainsttheimpoverishedpeasantry，abusivemenagainstdefenselesswomen，andinsomeways，SpaniardsagainstBasques.Thewitchesarefemaleandfromthelowerclasses，thepersecutorsarewealthywhiteChristians.ThestoryrevolvesaroundGarazi（SilviaMunt）whosegrandmotherisburnedatthestakewhenconvictedbytheSpanishinquisitorofbeingawitch，somethingthatbringsGaraziundersuspicionandeventuallyintoprison.Sheistorturedinprisonandrapedbyherrejectedsuitor，thevicioussonofalocallandlord.WhileGaraziissufferingherownpain，astruggleonamuchbroaderscaleisintheoffing。