The Black Bird Oracle
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The Black Bird Oracle
The Black Bird Oracle
Number One bestselling author Deborah Harkness makes a triumphant return to her beloved All Souls world in The Black Bird Oracle, sweeping back to the Salem Panic as Diana journeys to the darkest places within herself - and her family history.
The Black Bird Oracle gives us everything we've come to expect and love from Deborah Harkness's All Souls series. More magic, more lore, more politicking and discovery.
5* READER REVIEW: 'I cannot put into words how much I LOVED this book'
5* READER REVIEW: 'What a BOOK. Exactly what I needed in prep for witchy season'
'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
'Harkness's lush prose makes a fantastical world real enough to touch.' — JODI PICOULT
The first shadows fall on a Friday afternoon when a single, dying raven delivers an invitation to the witch, Diana Bishop. It calls her home to the hallowed ground of Ravenswood, to a place and a family she has never known.
And when Diana and her husband Matthew Clairmont learn that their seven-year-old twins must have their magical powers tested, Diana decides to forge a new future for her family, hoping to find answers at the Proctor ancestral home.
There, Diana becomes her great aunt Gwyneth's pupil in Higher Magic. As Diana walks an unknown path, she must journey to some of the darkest places within her family history — and herself — if she is to unlock greater power.
An instant Sunday Times bestseller, The Black Bird Oracle returns to the world of All Souls, sweeping readers back to the Salem Panic to shine a light on the intertwined legacy of the Bishop and Proctor families.
Discover for yourself why readers have fallen under the spell of Deborah Harkness's All Souls series...
5* READER REVIEW: 'Bewitches you and doesn't set you free'
5* READER REVIEW: 'It was so good to be back in the world of Diana and Matthew... as captivating as ever!'
5* READER REVIEW: 'My favourite book of all time'
5* READER REVIEW: 'Absolutely phenomenal... It was completely spellbinding'
5* READER REVIEW: 'A masterpiece'
Series: All Souls
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035410200
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 464
About the Author
Deborah Harkness is the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life, Time's Convert and The World of All Souls. A history professor at the University of Southern California, Harkness has received Fulbright, Guggenheim, and National Humanities Center fellowships. She lives in Los Angeles.
Follow Deborah Harkness on Twitter @DebHarkness and Instagram @debharkness, and visit www.deborahharkness.com and www.facebook.com/AuthorDeborahHarknessAlso by Deborah Harkness
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