Let’s talk about one of the most despicable characters in the AST universe. Benjamin. Nikki Ben.  Whatever you call him – he’s not a nice guy.  What’s somewhat mystifying is the urge to make excuses for Benjamin’s actions, blaming the blood rage or the lack of guidance as a new vampire for his behavior.  But after […]

Hardcover of The Book of Life (signed by Deborah Harkness) and a glass cabochon necklace is up for grabs! The time has come! Summer giveaways have started! It’s early, you say? Never, we say! Anyway, we are offering up a (now) rare first edition hardcover of The Book of Life! Oh, and some swag! You […]

We are thrilled to present this Q&A with Richard Ovenden!  He is the current librarian at the Bodleian of Oxford University.  Ever since the beginning of our All Souls adventures, we’ve been fascinated with the Oxford and the Bodleian in particular (as we are sure many of you are!)  Mr. Ovenden is the 25th Librarian […]

Which will you choose? There are all sorts of spooky things going on here at Daemons Domain!  Welcome to our first official fall/winter giveaway!  Since Halloween is one of our favorite holidays, we figured we’d throw in a twist!  The Winner will CHOOSE their prize!  To quote Stephen Proctor, ‘Cool’, eh?  Your choice is basically […]

Mont St. Michel – image source: http://mapio.net/pic/p-9455636/ Description: Off to Sept-Tours we go! 1590’s style! As we travel with Matthew and Diana, we make a few stops. With each step closer to Philippe de Clermont, we not only wonder about him, but we start to really think about who Matthew de Clermont is! Diana Bishop […]

Description: All Souls Con 2019 is coming sooner than we think! As is our tradition (since the beginning of this podcast), we invited Laura Ventura (co-director of All Souls Con) on to talk about it. As fate would have it, Angela was unable to record that day, so Laura graciously agreed to join us as […]

Considering our new found appreciation for him, Chris deserved a front/center spot this episode… Description: Father Hubbard is given an ultimatum from his sire, Benjamin — which leads him to desperate measures; go to Matthew to handle this problem, because he is the “break-in-case-of-emergency” option! The problem? Jack Blackfriers. Yes! He’s back! He’s a vampire […]

An adulterated portion of The Rake’s Progress, by William Hogarth (1697-1764).  Plate VIII “Scene in Bedlam,” engraved by H. Fernell Description: With an urgent need to save her tormentors from Matthew’s wrath, Diana finds herself guided by Father Hubbard to Bedlam. This dark, dank space for unwanted creatures is where Matthew ultimately decided to interrogate […]

This guide assumes you have read ‘A Discovery of Witches’ and ‘Shadow of Night’.  If you haven’t, you can go back to our Daemon Guide to ‘A Discovery of Witches’ or the Daemon Guide to ‘Shadow of Night’ and pick it up from there.  This guide will be long because of the length of the […]

Summertime, and the living is easy?! Yeah, no. We are busy! It’s that time of year where the Daemons are usually in “auto-pilot” mode. We don’t do much as far as substantive posts. We release the giveaways we’ve planned months in advance. We record our podcast episodes only once a month (double sessions), and the […]

YES! This is the week The World of All Souls comes out! It’s time! We’ve had a new release this week! And you can win your very own hardcover of The World of All Souls! We’ve all been anticipating this encyclopedia of the All Souls Trilogy since last year, and we can’t wait to talk […]

Description: All Souls Con 2019 is coming sooner than we think! As is our tradition (since the beginning of this podcast), we invited Laura Ventura (co-director of All Souls Con) on to talk about it. As fate would have it, Angela was unable to record that day, so Laura graciously agreed to join us as […]

Prizes are NOT to scale. Last week magic, this week SCIENCE! What we loved so much about The Book of Life was that it got into the weeds and seeds of science and creature genetics.  We’re celebrating this book by giving it away!  That’s right, we are giving away a brand new signed (by Deborah […]

Happy Holidays, everyone! This is the last giveaway of the year! It’s that time of the year . . . and we’ve been busy Daemons in our — cover-story — human lives. But we HAD to make time for this! It wouldn’t be a Daemon holiday season without the last giveaway of the year! So […]