Jedburgh, 1642. Agnes Fairweather has never believed in anything she couldn't prove by arithmetic and observation — which is exactly why the accusation against her makes no sense, and exactly why it will not be argued away. Awaiting trial with three other accused women, Agnes does the only thing left that might survive her: she starts building a code. Knots, spacing, and position — a system precise enough to carry real knowledge, small enough to hide inside a piece of cloth or a carved spoon, safe enough that no court will ever recognize it as anything but domestic ornament. She will not confess to something she isn't. She will make sure what she knows outlives the room she's dying in. The true origin story behind the entire series — and the coldest, most exacting act of hope in it.
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