Crippled sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption. In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of...

Crippled sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption. In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of the Church.