Practical Occultist and Professional Descendant living at Jasmine Cottage, Tadfield.
Anathema is a self-sufficient young woman with a Ph.D. degree. She is also a descendant of the ancient witch Agnes Nutter, whose prophecies are very important in this novel, and the closest thing to her ancestor genetic drift allows. During the events of the Apocalypse, she deals with it quite sensibly, if only because she knew it would happen.