4/30/2023 0 Comments Goddess of the night book summaryMatthew says that in order to protect the family from the Congregation, the head of the de Clermont family, his older brother Baldwin, forbade Matthew from seeking vengeance against Gerbert and Knox when they earlier facilitated a Congregation witch's torture and interrogation of Diana. Marcus demanded the Congregation punish Knox and that the covenant be revoked. Hamish says that Marcus has done a great job as grand master of the Knights of Lazarus while Matthew was away with Diana. Matthew tells his friend, a daemon called Hamish, that Marcus has a mating bond with Phoebe. He then sees Gallowglass trying to keep Corra from damaging things accidentally. Matthew walks around the grounds of Sept-Tours trying to keep his blood rage sickness under control. Meanwhile, the ghosts of the deceased Emily and Philippe are joined by the ghost of witch Rebecca Bishop, Diana's deceased mother. Matthew and Gallowglass discuss that Diana's magical power has increased in the past months. Matthew takes care of Diana while she grieves, and Fernando looks after Sarah. The nine-member Congregation is responsible for enforcing the covenant. Knox threatened investigation into breaches of the covenant, one purpose of which is to hide creatures from coming to the attention of humans. Knox was trying to read Emily's thoughts but Emily died saying that she knew the secret of the book known as Ashmole 782 and that he would never possess it. Sarah tells Diana the story of how Emily died, that Emily was using dangerous, higher magics to seek information from spirits about death and disaster that Emily was foreseeing. They see Diana's familiar, a firedrake named Corra. Gallowglass reveals that Philippe adopted Diana as a daughter with a blood vow. Fernando is the mate of the deceased vampire Hugh de Clermont, who was Gallowglass' father. Peter Knox was touching Emily's head, then, when Emily's partner, Sarah, arrived and shouted her name, Knox released Emily, who crumpled to the ground unconscious and could not be revived. Phoebe is iron-willed and diplomatic.Īt the same time at Sept-Tours, vampire Fernando Gonçalves cooks a tortilla española while talking with vampire Gallowglass about how Gallowglass saw Emily die. Marcus' human fiancee, Phoebe Taylor, joins Marcus before they go out to greet Diana and Matthew. Emily was at the temple dedicated to the goddess near Sept-Tours, as well as vampire Gerbert of Aurillac and witch Peter Knox. Just before greeting Diana and Matthew upon their return to Sept-Tours, vampire Marcus Whitmore remembers how Diana's beloved aunt Emily Mather died while Diana was away. When Emily says that Diana has never liked change, Philippe responds it's because Diana is afraid of what she must become. They realize that Diana is pregnant with twins by Matthew. The third book in the series opens with the deceased witch Emily Mather and vampire Philippe de Clermont, as ghosts, seeing Matthew and Diana arrive to Sept-Tours. In ancestral homes and university laboratories, using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the hills of the Auvergne to the palaces of Venice and beyond, the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago. In the trilogy's final volume, Harkness deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. At Matthew 's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches-with one significant exception. Chapter 1 was made available to readers in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand via iTunes.Īfter traveling through time in Shadow of Night, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. On May 12, 2014, chapter 1 was released on Harkness's website, courtesy of Viking and Headline. On January 9, 2014, the United States front cover and a two page excerpt were released to the public on USA Today. It was published on Jin hardback, e-book, and audiobook in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland. The Book of Life is the third and final installment of the All Souls Trilogy.
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