Part of All Souls, book 5
First published 2024
Diana Bishop receives an ultimatum from the Congregation: her seven-year-old twins Pip and Rebecca must undergo magical testing. Diana remembers how her own parents spellbound her powers to protect her, and she refuses to let her children suffer the same fate. When a mysterious great-aunt named Gwyneth Proctor sends a simple message inviting Diana home, she sees an escape route. Diana takes her family to Ravenswood, the ancestral Proctor home she never knew existed. There, under Gwyneth's guidance, Diana begins learning higher magic while confronting the dark secrets buried in her family's past. As she trains, Diana must wrestle with her own hunger for greater power and overcome the fear that has always held her back from wielding her full abilities. The fifth book in Deborah Harkness's All Souls series brings Diana and vampire Matthew de Clairmont to a crossroads where protecting their children means Diana must finally embrace everything she was meant to become.
Genres: fantasy, paranormal, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Ravenswood
Period: 21st-century
444 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books