Cold Spring 1699, North American colony of Carolina. Justice of the Peace Isaac Woodward and his secretary Matthew Corbett leave Charles Town in the capital for the town of Fount Royal, where some kind of devilry takes place: the earth will not give birth, houses blaze at night, and then there are two brutal murders. The townspeople blame the young widow Rachel Howarth for everything and seek to quickly burn the witch at the stake, but the head of the settlement, Robert Bidwell, wants everything to be according to the law. For the magistrate, the testimony of witnesses sounds quite convincing, but his secretary hesitates: is the girl a witch for sure and why are there so many skeletons in the closets of the townspeople? And are the devil's intrigues to blame for everything - or is the devilishly cunning plan of an unknown criminal?.."" Call of the Nightbird" is one of those unique works of popular literature that, without sacrificing entertainment for a moment, contain a lot of food for the mind. And now I can't wait for the night bird to call me." ​ - Stephen King. The novel is published in a new translation.