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.

Many are unruly daemons, the creative minds of the age, including playwright Christopher Marlowe and mathematician Thomas Harriot. 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. But they soon realise that the past may not provide a haven. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 1590. Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy, 2) Published July 10th 2012 by Headline Book Publishing. After facing an epic battle in modern times, they have traveled back in time to the 1500s for Diana to learn to use the magic she has carefully suppressed her entire life and to find a. Now the coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened. Shadow of Night Overview Deborah Harknesss novel, Shadow of Night, centers on a witch named Diana Bishop and her husband, a vampire named Matthew Roydon. Deborah Harkness has crafted a gripping journey through a world of alchemy, time travel, and magical discoveries, delivering one of the most hotly anticipated novels of the season.

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. Here, Diana must locate a witch to tutor her in magic, Matthew is forced to confront a past he thought he had put to rest, and the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. 'A captivating and romantic ripping yarn,'** Shadow of Night confirms Deborah Harkness as a master storyteller, able to cast an 'addictive tale of magic, mayhem and two lovers.In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Together they find they must embark on a very different - and vastly more dangerous - journey. As the search for Ashmole 782-the lost and enchanted manuscript whose mystery first pulled Diana and Matthew into one another's orbit-deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew's past tightens around them. Picking up from A Discovery of Witches' cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes reluctant witch Diana Bishop and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew's old friends, the School of Night. The #1 New York Times-bestselling sequel to A Discovery of Witches, book two of the All Souls Series. Look for the hit TV series “A Discovery of Witches,” streaming on AMC Plus, Sundance Now and Shudder.

Shadow of night by deborah harkness