Lois the Witch90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Beware the self righteous man of faith, the wicked eyed child, the jealous lover. For this is Salem, in 1691, where rumours fly on the wind and witchcraft is abroad. Lois the Witch, cursed in childhood, is a stranger in a strange land and the devil will work his mischief on Lois's neighbours before the season of madness is out.