A Discovery of Witches is an urban fantasy/romance/horror series about witches, vampires, and demons in academia. Dr. Diana Bishop is a historian specializing in the history of alchemy. She is also a non-practicing witch who doesn’t always have control over her powers. She takes a position at Oxford to continue her research and manages to recall a book from the library that has been missing for centuries. Now every witch, vampire, and demon in the world is after her for her ability to find a book that could explain the creation and destruction of vampires.