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Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series from the author of The Black Bird Oracle

A wonderfully imaginative grownup fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight People

Deborah Harknesss sparkling debut A Discovery of Witches has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world In this tale of passion and obsession Diana Bishop a young scholar and a descendant of witches discovers a longlost and enchanted alchemical manuscript Ashmole 782 deep in Oxfords Bodleian Library Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld which she navigates with her leading man vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont

Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice Diana Gabaldon and Elizabeth Kostova and she adds a scholars depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspenseThe story continues in book two Shadow of Night book three The Book of Life and the fourth in the series Times Convert