*NOW A MAJOR SKY TV SERIES. Read the novel Season 2 is based on.* Fall deeper under the spell
of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling
ALL SOULS series following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman Diana
Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling. --- In a world of witches daemons and vampires the fragile balance
of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing
creatures. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future they must now
travel back to the past. 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. Now the coexistence of
witches daemons vampires and humans is dangerously threatened. Seeking safety Diana and
Matthew travel back in time to London 1590. But they soon realise that the past may not
provide a haven. Reclaiming his former identity as poet and spy for Queen Elizabeth the
vampire falls back in with a group of radicals known as the School of Night. Many are unruly
daemons the creative minds of the age including playwright Christopher Marlowe and
mathematician Thomas Harriot. Together Matthew and Diana scour Tudor London for the elusive
manuscript Ashmole 782 and search for the witch who will teach Diana how to control her
remarkable powers... Praise for Deborah Harkness: 'Rich thrilling . . . captivating' E L James
'Intelligent and off-the-wall' The Sunday Times 'I could lose myself in here and never want to
come out' Manda Scott 'A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire' Daily Mail
