In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past.
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. Now the coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened.
Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 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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'We arrived in an undignified heap of witch and vampire'. - CHAPTER 1
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(Headline, 10 July 2012, e-book, 592 pages, bought from AmazonKindle)
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I loved the TV series A Discovery of Witches and plan to read all of the books. It took me a while to get into Shadow of Night because most of the book is set in the 1500's. It took a few chapters before I really got into the book and fall in love with it the way I did the first book. This is well-written and totally engrossing. I love Matthew and Diana's love story. I was rooting for them every step of the way. I loved the world building and the characters. I loved Shadow of Night and would recommend it.
