The Black Bird Oracle: A Novel (All Souls Series Book 5)

Diana Bishop, an Oxford scholar and witch, journeys inward to confront her family history in the fifth novel of the All Souls series. Since her introduction in A Discovery of Witches alongside vampire geneticist Matthew de Clermont, Diana has fallen in love, traveled to Elizabethan England, dissolved the Covenant between three species, and awakened dark powers within her family line. Now Diana and Matthew face a formal demand from the Congregation: their seven-year-old twins, Pip and Rebecca, must have their magic tested. Concerned for their safety and wanting to spare her children the fate her parents imposed on her through spellbinding, Diana accepts an invitation from a previously unknown great-aunt, Gwyneth Proctor. The message reads: It's time you came home, Diana. At Ravenswood, the Proctor family home, Diana studies higher magic under Gwyneth's guidance. There she confronts her family's dark past and reckons with her own desire for greater power, while learning to overcome her fear of wielding it. This novel deepens the All Souls world with new magic and long-hidden secrets, bringing the series to consequential new moments.