Morgan Ryan

Enchanting, immersive, and beautifully written. A Resistance of Witches is historical fantasy at its absolute best.

ALEXIS HENDERSON, bestselling author of An Academy for Liars

Morgan Ryan's historical fantasy debut is World War II meets A Discovery of Witches . . . a witchy war-time delight.

KATE QUINN, bestselling author of The Briar Club

An expertly woven story of fate, witchcraft, and war that will both thrill you and tug at your heartstrings, A Resistance of Witches is an enchanting and pulse-pounding debut.

KRISTIN HARMEL, bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names

A wonderful, sometimes terrifying, always exciting tale of courage and devotion and honour, and heart-rending sacrifices made for a great cause. Morgan Ryan has deftly explored the breadth of the power of the craft, for good and for ill. I feel sure every lover of witch literature will be enchanted.

LOUISA MORGAN, author of A Secret History of Witches

'Prime Minister Churchill, the Witches of Britain are at your service . . .' 
 
1940, and war rages across Europe. The future looks bleak. But now, emerging from the shadows, the Royal Academy of Witches offers its help. And so it is tasked with finding an ancient artefact that, were it to fall into Nazi hands, would help Hitler fulfil his twisted Aryan dream . . . 
 
Stubborn, plain-spoken and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be chosen to work under Isadora Goode, the Grand Mistress of the Royal Academy of Witches. 
 
Now, three years into her apprenticeship, and with Hitler’s armies rampaging across Europe, the Witches of Britain have joined the war effort – but not without some resistance from within, the British government having originally forced the witches into hiding. 
 
As Lydia’s power grows, she too joins the cause, tracking down magical relics in order to keep them out of Nazi hands. But a Nazi witch infiltrates the Academy with heart-breaking consequences and suddenly Lydia’s mission becomes even more urgent . . . Somewhere out there, hidden amidst the chaos of war, is the Grimorium Bellum - an ancient book that Hitler craves, a book so steeped in dark magic that it has the power to wipe out civilisations - an artefact that Lydia must find and secure at all costs. 
 
Dropped into the heart of Occupied France, Lydia finds allies in Rebecca Gagne, a French resistance fighter with a secret, and Henry Boudreaux, a Haitian-American art historian who seems to possess a little magic of his own. But tracking down this book is only half the battle - for the Grimorium Bellum seems to have a dark agenda all of its own . . .

Morgan Ryan

Praise for A Resistance of Witches

Enchanting, immersive, and beautifully written. A Resistance of Witches is historical fantasy at its absolute best.

Morgan Ryan's historical fantasy debut is World War II meets A Discovery of Witches . . . a witchy war-time delight.

An expertly woven story of fate, witchcraft, and war that will both thrill you and tug at your heartstrings, A Resistance of Witches is an enchanting and pulse-pounding debut.

Enchanting, immersive, and beautifully written. A Resistance of Witches is historical fantasy at its absolute best.

Morgan Ryan's historical fantasy debut is World War II meets A Discovery of Witches . . . a witchy war-time delight.

An expertly woven story of fate, witchcraft, and war that will both thrill you and tug at your heartstrings, A Resistance of Witches is an enchanting and pulse-pounding debut.

Enchanting, immersive, and beautifully written. A Resistance of Witches is historical fantasy at its absolute best.

Morgan Ryan's historical fantasy debut is World War II meets A Discovery of Witches . . . a witchy war-time delight.

An expertly woven story of fate, witchcraft, and war that will both thrill you and tug at your heartstrings, A Resistance of Witches is an enchanting and pulse-pounding debut.

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