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Set in the mid-1600s, in the backdrop of a small village on the west coast of Scotland famous for its ancient abbey, we meet Aradia, the youngest member of her coven and one of the few remaining covens left in Scotland. Following the introduction of the Scottish Witchcraft Act of 1649, Aradia and her coven sisters must remain hidden and out of reach of the Parish Ministers of the Reformed Church, who seek to root out and eradicate witchcraft and the very last of her kind.

Renaissance Venice is a furnace of ideas and ambition. Artists flock here, not just for wealth and fame, but for revolutionary colour. Yet artist Giorgione 'Zorzo' Barbarelli's career hangs in the balance. Competition is fierce, and his debts are piling up. When Zorzo hears a rumour of a mysterious, other-worldly new pigment, brought to Venice by the richest man in Europe, he sets out to acquire the colour and secure his name in history. Winning a commission to paint a portrait of the man's wife, Sybille, Zorzo thinks he has found a way into the merchant's favour.

Edinburgh, January 1744: Scotland stands on the brink of armed and bloody conflict. Travelling secretly across Europe from Rome, Prince Charles Edward Stuart is determined to claim his birthright. His fervour is matched by homegrown Jacobites who long to see the House of Stuart restored to the British throne.