In Oxford's Bodleian library, brilliant American historian andreluctant witch Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up an ancientmagical manuscript, Ashmole 782, which has been missing forcenturies, and finds herself confronted by acclaimedgeneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont, who is determined toget his hands on the book. Diana's determination not to befrightened by Matthew as he struggles to control his predatoryinstincts around her fuels a dangerous connection between thetwo of them. When news of the book's appearance spreadsthroughout the world of daemons, vampires and witches hidingin plain sight among humans, the hunt for the witch whosummoned it takes on a deadly intensity.
