Sacrifice is the darkest and most brutal of all of the stories of the
Saga - with the intensity of a Gothic melodrama. But in spite of the
terrifying and tragic events recounted by the heroine, compassion and
humanity shine through and the tale has a truly heart-rending
conclusion.
In the Wild West of Wales, in the year 1808, a shepherd is ambushed and
left in the roadway, more dead than alive, with three stripes carved
across his chest. A note, written in his own blood, is pinned to his
skin. It reads 'For Rhiwallwn. From Gruddnei.'
Four sinister men who call themselves surveyors are clearly responsible
for this crime and others that follow. It emerges that there is a
'campaign of retribution' against selected individuals. Mistress Martha
Morgan, a young widow with five children, is at the top of the hit list.
As the net tightens around the villains, more is discovered about their
backgrounds, their motives and their grotesque methods of working. In a
terrifying final confrontation Martha at last faces them, and finds
depravity on a scale which she finds almost impossible to deal with.
