Born in France in the 13th century, Marduc Rouen never knew the man who was his father, only a fading hope of what could have been. Raised by his mother in the strict religion of Catharism, she had spun fanciful tales, including forging a false history. It was not until her death at the hands of the French monarchy, burned alive as a heretic, that his true identity finally became known. Blinded by rage and a thirst for vengence, Marduc turns to the one thing that he for so long had turned against, the only thing that could grant him the power to punish those responsible: the devil.

But Marduc's alliance with the Devil resulted in far more than he had bargained for. Not only is he granted the vengeance he eagerly seeks, but along with it comes a life of witchcraft, torture, bloodshed, barbarism, immorality, and a horrific desire for the flesh of those around him. Caught up in the hysteria and darkness of the Middle Ages, his only hope for survival is to become a part of the madness himself.

Only through a fortunate twist of fate is Marduc awarded the opportunity to save himself from the horrors set upon him. Washed up on the shores of Massachusetts at the height of the New England witch trials, his memories of the past seemed gone forever, his sins and his life wiped away. But he soon finds that four centuries have done nothing to hinder the insanity that for so long held a place on European soil. Across an ocean and thousands of miles, Marduc will once find himself in a world both unforgiving and merciless.

Told in the first person narrative, The Burden of the Witch unveils a tale of terror, a history of injustice and self sacrifice, of good versus evil. From the bloody inquisitions of medieval Europe, to the Puritan practices of the Salem witch trials, it is a graphic portrail of one man's quest for the truth and the purpose of his eternal existence.