First Look: A Discovery of Witches S3

We got our first peep at the S3 trailer and I cannot wait!!! ~ V

A Discovery of Witches S3 is based off of the last book of the trilogy, The Book of Life: A Novel (All Souls Trilogy, Book 3) by Deborah Harkness.

Synopsis:

After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception.

But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. In the trilogy’s final volume, Harkness deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences.

In ancestral homes and university laboratories, using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the hills of the Auvergne to the palaces of Venice and beyond, the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago.

The Book of Life brings this superbly written series to a deeply satisfying close.

Let’s take a look at some of the pictures from the S3 trailer.

And, they will be back . . .

If they take on one of us, they take us all on…

Power Unites.

Trevor Eve plays Gerbert D’Aurillac

An ancient vampire, Gerbert continues his dark plans for Diana and Matthew.

Tanya Moodie plays Agatha Wilson

Agatha is a daemon, member of The Congregation and Nathaniel’s mother and grandmother to baby Margaret. Now, she will have to work join forces with others to defend her granddaughter from The Congregation.

Owen Teale plays Peter Knox

A high-ranking witch and representative on the Congregation, Knox is still chasing after Diana and trying to get his hands on Ashmole 782, also known as The Book of Life.

Olivier Huband plays Fernando Gonçalves

Steven Cree plays Gallowglass de Clermont

Dom Fernando Gonçalves is a vampire, the mate of Hugh de Clermont, Gallowglass’ father. Fernando, despite declining a leadership role in the Knights of Lazurus, was reputed to be one of the brotherhood’s most formidable warriors.

Gallowglass de Clermont is a vampire in the All Souls Trilogy. He is Matthew Clermont’s nephew, being Hugh de Clermont’s son. Gallowglass is living at Sept Tours waiting for Diana and Matthew to return from the past, while protecting their loved ones.

Alex Kingston plays Sarah Bishop

The aunt and guardian of Diana, Sarah is a powerful witch in her own right and a frequent source of support for her niece.

Edward Bluemel plays Marcus Whitmore

Adelle Leonce plays Phoebe Taylor

A vampire doctor, Marcus becomes concerned about his species’ failure to procreate. He is also Matthew’s son. Phoebe Taylor, a human, is an employee at Sotheby’s auction house, who becomes Marcus Whitmore’s beloved.

Aiysha Hart plays Miriam Shephard

A vampire and lab colleague of Matthew.

Paul Rhys plays Father Andrew Hubbard

Father Andrew Hubbard, a vampire, who ruled the city of London during the Elizabethan era. Will not put in any spoilers, but it is interesting to see him in modern time.

Aisling Loftus plays Sophie Norman

Sophie is a daemon and is the wife of Nathaniel Wilson. Here, she is holding her child, baby Margaret.

Ivanno Jeremiah plays Dr. Christopher Roberts

Chris is a friend of Diana Bishop at Yale University and a talented molecular biologist. He runs a multidisciplinary lab in the chemistry department.

Malin Buska plays Satu Järvinen

A Finnish witch and Congregation member, Satu is Diana’s nemesis.

Toby Regbo plays Jack Blackfriars

Jack is Matthew and Diana’s adopted son from their Elizabethan journey. It is also interesting to see him in modern times.

Lindsay Duncan plays Ysabeau de Clermont

Matthew’s vampire mother and the matriarch of the de Clairmont clan.

Peter McDonald plays Baldwin Montclair

Matthew’s vampire brother, Congregation member and an investment banker of some success.

And then . . . They are back!

Teresa Palmer plays Diana Bishop
Matthew Goode plays Matthew Clairmont

Diana, a once reluctant witch, has returned to modern times more powerful. Matthew is a millennia-old vampire and geneticist. Diana and Matthew are now married and must deal with what they have missed while time traveling and what is yet to come.

Season 3 will air in 2022.