The Burden Author:Stephen Lucas or Marduc, the love that he had for his mother was the only he had ever known, but her execution at the hands of the French monarchy was more than he could bear. His desire for revenge propels him into a world of passion, madness, brutality, witchcraft, and a deal with the Devil soon regretted.Desperate to avenge his mother's death, and betrayed... more » by the women he comes to love, Marduc's life spirals into a destructive path that begins with the French Inquisition and culminates with the horror of the Salem witch trials.« less