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**Book one of the* New York Times* bestselling All Souls series, from the author of *The Black Bird Oracle. * **Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on Netflix** “A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of *Harry Potter* and *Twilight* ” ( *People* ).** Deborah Harkness’s 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 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. 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, *Shadow of Night* , book three, *The Book of Life* , and the fourth in the series, *Time’s Convert*.

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