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Picking up from the cliffhanger of A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night transports protagonists Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont to Elizabethan London. There they face spies, uncover hidden magic, and engage with the School of Night, an underground group of scholars. As the pair searches for the enigmatic Ashmole 782, Diana seeks out a witch tutor, while Matthew’s past threatens to drag them into a perilous new journey.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: Deborah Harkness
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