Set in nineteenth-century Sri Lanka and inspired by local folklore, Island Witch follows the daughter of a traditional demon-priest-relentlessly bullied by peers and accused of witchcraft herself-tries to solve the mysterious attacks that have been terrorizing her coastal village.
Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father´s craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise.
Now someone-or something-is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara´s father´s help, the villages have accused him of carrying out the attacks himself.
As she tries to clear her father´s name, Amara finds herself haunted by dreams that eerily predict the dark forces on her island. And she can´t shake the feeling that it´s all connected to the night she was recovering from a strange illness, and woke up, scared and confused, to hear her mother´s frantic cries: No one can find out what happened.