


With Baldwin’s ( Peter McDonald) help, Diana and her friends realize that Matthew is being held at a creepy, abandoned hospital in Poland, and is being tortured in much the same way as his father Phillipe had been during the Second World War. Benjamin, in cahoots with Diana’s witch rival Satu, uses him as bait to lure in Diana as she inevitably attempts to rescue him. In the penultimate episode of Season 3, we are shown Diana finding out that her spouse Matthew has been taken captive by our vampire villain (and the son he disowned), Benjamin Fuchs ( Jacob Ifan). So how does A Discovery of Witches's third and final season wrap up any loose ends? We'll explain. The series follows both Diana and Matthew through their love story as they try to retrieve The Book of Life. This manuscript, secretly known as The Book of Life, is the key that unlocks Diana’s dormant powers and brings into her life a cast of other witches, daemons, and vampires, one of which being Matthew Clairmont ( Matthew Goode). It begins with Diana, an American witch and scholar, and her discovery of a strange manuscript named Ashmole 782 in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It also gives us answers to one of the biggest questions of the series: will there be a future where all creatures (vampires, daemons, witches, and humans) can exist together, despite their differences, in peace and harmony?įor those who don’t know, the series is based on the best-selling book trilogy written by author Deborah Harkness. The final episode sees our heroine Diana Bishop ( Teresa Palmer) finding what she needs to harness her powers completely and defeating the people trying to destroy her household. Season 3 of A Discovery of Witches has come to its dramatic end, and we now have answers to some of the big problems that were plaguing our main cast of characters. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night, and concludes with The Book of Life. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense.

Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Now " hot show that's like Twilight meets Outlander" ( Thrillist) airing Sundays on AMC and BBC America, as well as streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder.ĭeborah Harkness's sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. Book one of the New York Times-bestselling All Souls trilogy-a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight" ( People).
