Human Rites
A Novel
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
With Her Majesty’s Royal Coven in shambles and the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the sisterhood of friends and witches must find a new way of putting together the pieces if (wo)mankind is to stand a chance, in this final chapter to Juno’s “irresistible” series (Lana Harper)
Niamh, Ciara, Leonie, Elle and Theo. Five very different witches with one thing in common: they were unwittingly chosen by the dangerously charming Lucifer, the demon king of desire, to fulfil a dark prophecy: Satanis will rise and the daughters of Gaia will fall.
The coven is reunited—but broken. Niamh is back from the dead…but she hasn’t come back alone. Elle mourns a son she never had. Ciara languishes in a prison for witches, and Leonie reels from a very unexpected surprise.
Meanwhile, Lucifer offers fledgling witch Theo a deal: if she helps him, her coven—her family—will be spared. But the magic he asks for will take her out of London—out of time, entirely.
The final confrontation between good and evil in the spectacular conclusion to the saga of Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Girl power goes toe-to-toe against demonic forces in Dawson's explosive finale to the HMRC trilogy (after The Shadow Cabinet), which finds its expansive cast of magical women at crossroads as they struggle to accept the extent to which Satanis, in his attempts to return to the physical plane, has shaped the course of their lives. Young witch Theo brings her adopted guardian, HMRC High Priestess Niamh, back to life in a forbidden necromantic ritual, inadvertently also summoning an unwanted stowaway from the afterlife. Lesbian activist Leonie carries an impossible secret after her visit to the island sanctuary of Aeaea, and Niamh's pariah twin, Ciara, is haunted by the (literal) demons of her past. Meanwhile, healer Elle, still reeling from the revelation that her teenage son was a satanic illusion, reckons with newfound power. As the stakes rise to world-shattering levels, Dawson leans more heavily into cinematic action scenes than soap opera intrigue, but still finds space for her trademark interpersonal drama, delivering satisfying bombshells and heartbreaking twists while bringing complex plot and character arcs in for a smooth landing. This binge-worthy and well-executed series closer cements HMRC's place in the pantheon of queer feminist urban fantasy.
