<b>Book one of the <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling All Souls trilogy--"a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of <i>Harry Potter</i> and <i>Twilight</i>" (<i>People</i>).</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>Look for the hit TV series "A Discovery of Witches," streaming on AMC Plus, Sundance Now and Shudder. Season 2 premieres January 9, 2021! </b><br> <br> Deborah Harkness's sparkling debut, <i>A Discovery of Witches</i>, 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 long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.<br> <br> Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two, <i>Shadow of Night</i>, and concludes with <i>The Book of Life</i>. The story now comes alive in an incredibly lush eponymous TV series, starring Teresa Palmer (<i>I Am Number Four, Hacksaw Ridge</i>) and Matthew Goode (<i>Match Point, The Imitation Game</i>).