Time's Convert

Skillfully weaving vampire Marcus MacNeil's past in colonial America with action in contemporary London and Paris, this latest novel from best-selling author Harkness tells the story of Marcus and his human lady love Phoebe Taylor. Readers learn a great deal about the process of converting a human to a vampire as Phoebe walks this path on her way to an ever-after joining with Marcus. As she struggles through rebirth, Marcus suffers tumultuous memories of his own vampire beginnings in Revolutionary-era America. Readers familiar with Harkness's "All Souls Trilogy" (A Discovery of Witches; Shadow of Night; The Book of Life) will be delighted to catch up with Matthew Clairmont, the vampire who turned Marcus; Diana Bishop, scholar and witch, and their precocious twins. While this captivating book can stand alone, it can also serve as an excellent introduction to the All Souls universe featuring the Bishops and de Clermonts.