{"product_id":"9781035410170-the-black-bird-oracle","title":"The Black Bird Oracle","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe exhilarating new All Souls novel featuring Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself - and her family history - in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved Number One \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling All Souls series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Haunting in every way. A story thick with family secrets, human heartache, and the kind of deep magic only Harkness can conjure. You will be enchanted' LEIGH BARDUGO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Black Bird Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e deftly explores the nexus of memory, history, and parenthood - the magic, pain, and promises mothers pass onto their children. Harkness's lush prose makes a fantastical world real enough to touch' JODI PICOULT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDiana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself - and her family history - in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved Number One \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling All Souls series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first shadows fall on a Friday afternoon when a single, dying raven lands on the pavement in front of Diana Bishop, harbinger of an invitation that reads, 'It's time you came home, Diana'.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiana is a witch and scholar; her husband Matthew Clairmont, a vampire. Their intense love for one another awoke the dark powers within her and dissolved the Covenant between the three species - Witch, Daemon and Vampire - that live alongside humans. Now, the governing Congregation has decided it must test the magical powers of their seven-year-old twins, Pip and Becca. Concerned with their safety, Diana decides to forge a different path for her family's future and travels to Ravenswood, the Proctor family home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere, Diana begins a new era, becoming her great aunt Gwyneth's pupil in higher magic. It's time to confront her family's past - and her own, inescapable desire for greater power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber One bestselling author Deborah Harkness returns to her beloved \u003ci\u003eAll Souls \u003c\/i\u003eworld with a triumphant novel that sweeps back to the Salem Panic and illuminates Diana's family history in new and thrilling ways.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55988521238902,"sku":"9781035410170","price":16.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12635121_1907_20241024073442.jpg?v=1753419474","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035410170-the-black-bird-oracle","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}