and Superb and almost unbearably charming, Her Majesty's Royal Covenandhellip, expertly launches an exciting new trilogy. "" The New York Times Book Review ""Talk about a gut punch of a novel. and a provocative exploration of intersectional feminism, loyalty, gender and transphobia that invites readers into an intricately woven web of magic, friendship and power. "" The Nerd Daily A Discovery of Witches meets The Craft in this epic fantasy about a group of childhood friends who are also witches. If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background- healers in the trenches, Suffragettes, Bletchley Park oracles, land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis? We have a gift. We are stronger than Mundanes, plain and simple. At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle took the oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of Hmrc.