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始於鮮血與恐懼。
始於女巫的覺醒。
歷史學者戴安娜‧畢夏普在牛津大學的博德利圖書館翻閱到一本中了巫術的鍊金術手抄本，這是魔法對她刻意維護的平庸人生，所發動的一次不受歡迎的滋擾。出身古老女巫世家的戴安娜，打定主意要跟家族遺傳劃清界線。但即使把這本手抄本扔回藏書庫，她再也不能跟魔法的世界保持距離。
因為混雜在凡人中間，跟我們一起生活的神奇生物，除了巫族，還有富有創造力、也善於破壞的魔族，以及長生不老的吸血鬼。他們都對這女巫的發現感興趣。他們都相信手抄本裡有著關係過去與未來的重要線索，而且都想知道究竟戴安娜使用了什麼魔法，才得以拿到這個難以捉摸的手抄本。
聚集在戴安娜四周的神奇生物，最主要的就是馬修‧柯雷孟，一位特別崇拜達爾文的遺傳學家，同時也是一名極具魅力的吸血鬼。戴安娜和馬修一起踏上追尋手抄本祕密的旅程，但超過千歲的吸血鬼和受咒語禁制的女巫的戀情，卻對超自然生物與凡人之間長期以來的脆弱和平構成威脅－－而且注定會改變戴安娜的世界。
戴安娜‧畢夏普一輩子都在否定她真正的自我。戴安娜是兩位法力強大的巫師的獨生女，七歲時父母雙亡，她抗拒自己的魔法天賦，決心冒充凡人。但隨著她無意間發現一本長期以來一直躲藏在博德利圖書館書庫裡的神祕手抄本，戴安娜被迫面對她努力想遺忘的家族遺產。那本受咒語控制的手抄本，人稱艾許摩爾七八二號，其中的力量既誘惑又令人害怕，所以她很快就把書還回書庫，希望回歸正常生活。但她所不知的是，她發現的書能解開她的世界中所有的祕密，也因為如此，將引爆一場戰爭－－她就是戰爭的主要目標。
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I read this book as part of my groups BOM....I'm glad I did.I was reluctant to read this , usually witches are stereotyped and made out to be pure evil etc etc. I found this book not too bad in that aspect.Diana is a witch just trying to be normal and forget she was even a witch.She became a scholar. And studied history. Then she became interested in History.This is when she called up the wrong book.You see this book is very powerful. And has been lost for centuries. A and Diana has the power to find it.I quite enjoyed this book with its fine line of fact and fiction. The author has really done her research.It still doesn't really bridge understanding of the life of wiccans or pagans ( or whatever flavour you are), which is what I thought it would be about ( I didn't realise it was just a story! ). But its a pretty good and enjoyable story