Rouen 1347. While the flames of the funeral pyres blaze skywards all over Europe, the basket weaver Anne Langlois awaits her sentence in the witch tower of Rouen. Only the young Dominican monk Raphael believes in her innocence. But his efforts are in vain - he loses the battle for Anne's life against the Inquisitor Henri le Brasse. When he himself is targeted by the witch hunter, he begins an adventurous flight across the country to Avignon. There Raphael wants to inform the Pope of Henri's machinations. But the pursuers are hot on his heels. And Raphael suspects the reason: he is the only one who knows why Anne really had to die...
