Shadow
of Night by Deborah Harkness is published next week
by Headline (£7.99).
“Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a
line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken
the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant alchemical
manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in which she became
bound to Matthew. Now the fragile coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and
humans is dangerously threatened.
Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel
back in time to London in 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...”
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