DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (H/C)

A RICHLY INVENTIVE NOVEL ABOUT A CENTURIES-OLD VAMPIRE, A SPELLBOUND WITCH, AND THE MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPT THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER.
DEEP IN THE STACKS OF OXFORD'S BODLEIAN LIBRARY, YOUNG SCHOLAR DIANA BISHOP UNWITTINGLY CALLS UP A BEWITCHED ALCHEMICAL MANUSCRIPT IN THE COURSE OF HER RESEARCH. DESCENDED FROM AN OLD AND DISTINGUISHED LINE OF WITCHES, DIANA WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH SORCERY; SO AFTER A FURTIVE GLANCE AND A FEW NOTES, SHE BANISHES THE BOOK TO THE STACKS. BUT HER DISCOVERY SETS A FANTASTICAL UNDERWORLD STIRRING, AND A HORDE OF DAEMONS, WITCHES, AND VAMPIRES SOON DESCENDS UPON THE LIBRARY. DIANA HAS STUMBLED UPON A COVETED TREASURE LOST FOR CENTURIES-AND SHE IS THE ONLY CREATURE WHO CAN BREAK ITS SPELL.
DEBUT NOVELIST DEBORAH HARKNESS HAS CRAFTED A MESMERIZING AND ADDICTIVE READ, EQUAL PARTS HISTORY AND MAGIC, ROMANCE AND SUSPENSE. DIANA IS A BOLD HEROINE WHO MEETS HER EQUAL IN VAMPIRE GENETICIST MATTHEW CLAIRMONT, AND GRADUALLY WARMS UP TO HIM AS THEIR ALLIANCE DEE