Book one of the  New York Times -bestselling All Souls Series—"a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of  Harry Potter  and  Twilight ” ( People ).   Now “[a] hot show that’s like  Twilight  meets  Outlander ” ( Thrillist ) airing on AMC and BBC America, as well as streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder. Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut,  A Discovery of Witches , has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript,  Ashmole 782 , deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two,  Shadow of Night , book three,  The Book of Life , and the fourth in the series,  Time’s Convert .

Unabridged.