Motheater

In this nuanced queer fantasy set amid the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia,the last witch of the Ridge must choose sides in a clash between industry and nature. After her best friend dies in a coal mineBenethea ΓÇ£BennieΓÇ¥ Mattox sacrifices her jobher relationshipand her reputation to uncover whatΓÇÖs killing miners on Kire Mountain. When she finds a half-drowned white woman in a dirty mine sloughBennie takes her in because itΓÇÖs rightΓÇöbut also because she hopes this oddmagnetic stranger can lead her to the proof she needs. Insteadshe brings more questions. The woman called Motheater canΓÇÖt remember her true nameor how she ended up inside the mountain. She knows only that sheΓÇÖs a witch of Appalachiabound to tor and hollerpossum and snakewith power in her hands and Scripture on her tongue. But the mystery of her fateher doomed quest to keep industry off Kire Mountainand the promises she bent and broke have followed her a century and half into the future. And nowthe choices Motheater and Bennie make together could change the face of the town itself.