Brighter than the Flames

Anna Koob was born into a middle-class German family in 1566. A bright and spirited girl, she became a favorite of her village of Kleinostheim. As an eight-year-old, she is summoned to the home of a prominent baron. The baron's daughter has asked for her as she lies dying. What happens in the baron's home sets off a chain of events that dictates the flow of Anna's future.

Anna grows into a learned and outspoken woman, a dangerous thing to be in the generation before the Thirty Years War. As ...