Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 1590. Now the coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened. When Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont.

To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the palaces of Venice and beyond, Diana and Matthew will finally learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago. But the real threat to their future is yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for the elusive manuscript Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on a terrifying urgency. At Matthew's ancestral home in France they reunite with their families - with one heart-breaking exception. After travelling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. A world of witches, daemons and vampires.

All Souls Trilogy Deborah Harkness Collection - 3 Books Setįall under the spell of Diana and Matthew once more in the stunning climax to their epic tale, following A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night.

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness