The Lancre Coven is the main group of witches in which series of novels?
"barring the latest book in the Tiffany Aching series, the primary protagonists of the Witch books are from Lancre, a country in the Ramtops region. The Lancre Coven is, as mentioned above, the main group of witches in the ""Discworld"" novels, and the ones featured in the novels referred to as ""The Witches series"". They began as a parody of the Three Witches in ""Macbeth"", and also as a reworking of the Maiden, Mother and Crone archetypes (the Triple Goddess). It could also be said that they each represent a different stereotype of witches: Granny is the classic fairy tale"
"Wyrd Sisters Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett's sixth ""Discworld"" novel, published in 1988, and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of ""Equal Rites"". ""Wyrd Sisters"" features three witches: Granny Weatherwax; Nanny Ogg, matriarch of a large tribe of Oggs and owner of the most evil cat in the world; and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewelry, covens, and bubbling cauldrons, much to the annoyance of the other two. King Verence I of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, Duke Felmet, after his ambitious wife persuades him to do so. The King's crown and child are given by an"
"the Witches series include: King Verence II of Lancre, a onetime Fool; Jason Ogg, Nanny Ogg's eldest son and local blacksmith; Shawn Ogg, Nanny's youngest son who serves as his country's entire army and civil service; and Nanny's murderous cat Greebo. The witches have appeared in numerous Discworld books, but have featured as protagonists in seven. They have also appeared in the short story ""The Sea and Little Fishes"". Their stories frequently draw on ancient European folklore and fairy tales, as well as parody famous works of literature, particularly by Shakespeare. The stories featuring the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are urban"
"was published in May 2000. Various anthologies have been published from 1997 to 2017 featuring some short stories by Lackey and other authors she invited to write about the Valdemar universe. A companion book was also produced about the universe. This universe is set in warp-modern time featuring elves and magic. Lackey wrote the first few in this series with Ellen Guon and the latter part with Rosemary Edghill. The main character, Diana Tregarde, is an American witch, practicing a fantasy version of Wicca; by virtue of her position as a ""Guardian"" Diana has access to more magical power than"
"Secret Circle"", ""True Blood"", and ""Once Upon a Time"". The third season of ""American Horror Story"" is entitled """", ""Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)"", and focuses on witches. In vampire novels such as ""The Vampire Chronicles"" by Anne Rice and the ""Twilight"" series by Stephenie Meyer, covens are families or unrelated groups of vampires who live together. Covens feature in the video game Dishonored, specifically in the DLC's Knife of Dunwall, and The Brigmore Witches. Coven A coven usually refers to a group or gathering of witches. The word ""coven"" remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret"
"Winternight trilogy The ""Winternight"" trilogy is a series of adult historical fantasy novels written by American author Katherine Arden. The trilogy consists of ""The Bear and the Nightingale"" (2017), ""The Girl in the Tower"" (2017), and forthcoming ""The Winter of the Witch"" (2019). At the beginning, the story takes place in a medieval Russian village. Vasilisa ""Vasya"" Petrovna has received a spiritual gift, using it to see the fantastical creatures that inhabit her village. This leads her to a conflict with the Orthodox Church who becomes convinced that she is a witch. The series is set to conclude with the"
"The Whitby Witches The Whitby Witches is the first book in ""The Whitby Witches"" series by Robin Jarvis. It was originally published in 1991. After the deaths of their parents, eight-year-old orphan Ben and his older sister, Jennet, have been pushed from foster home to foster home for the majority of their young lives. After they have lived at a dreary hostel for a few months, the mistress Mrs Rodice has the children hauled off to live in the seaside village of Whitby, with relish. Ben and Jennet do not get along as Ben possesses a sixth sense meaning that"
"for the third member of the Lancre coven, soon arrive and complicate things further. In the end, Agnes realizes that her practical nature is unsuited the world of opera. She returns to Lancre and becomes the new Third Witch. In ""Carpe Jugulum"", the arrangement of the coven had been upset by Granny Weatherwax's sudden departure, although Agnes retained her role of Maiden. She, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick fended off the clan of vampires, the de Magpyr, who threatened to take over Lancre, whilst at the same time fending off the rather forward romantic advances of the vampire clan's son,"
"girls with little in common who discover that they are witches. The girls, known as the Chosen Ones, are destined to save the world from an approaching apocalypse caused by an otherworldly evil (""demons""). In addition to the fantasy theme, the novel also uses tropes of horror fiction, psychological realism and the unreliable narrator. The novel has been sold for publication in over twenty different languages, in addition to its native Swedish. Random House released the English translation in the U.K. on June 7, 2012, and in other English-speaking countries during the summer of 2012. The novel won ""Bokbloggarnas litteraturpris"""
"The second book titled ""The Dark Prophecy"" was released in May 2017. The third book titled ""The Burning Maze"" was released on May 1, 2018. The novels are set within the same fictional universe as the three previous book series, and is narrated alternately in first-person by the two protagonist-siblings Carter and Sadie Kane. The siblings are descended from the two pharaohs Narmer and Ramses the Great and are powerful magicians. They and their friends are forced to contend with who still interact with the real world. The series includes a trilogy consisting of ""The Red Pyramid"" (2010), ""The Throne"
"The Obsidian Trilogy The Obsidian Trilogy is a three-novel fantasy series, chronicling the journey of Kellen Tavadon in relation to the third war between the Light and the Endarkened, co-written by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory. The series began with ""The Outstretched Shadow"", released in 2002, continued in 2004 with ""To Light a Candle"" and reached its conclusion in 2006 with ""When Darkness Falls"". Kellen Tavadon Idalia Tavadon Jermayan Cilarnen Volpiril Vestakia Shalkan Redhelwar Queen Savilla Chired Anigrel As suggested by the name, this is the land in which Elves reside. The Elven Lands lie to the east of the"
"The Witching Hour (novel) The Witching Hour (1990) by Anne Rice is the first novel in the ""Lives of the Mayfair Witches"" series. It begins the tale of a family of witches, and a spirit that has guided their fortunes for generations. Dr. Rowan Mayfair is a gifted neurosurgeon in San Francisco, California. When her estranged birth mother dies in New Orleans, she begins to learn about the old Southern family to which she belongs. Michael Curry is a contractor who specializes in the restoration of old homes while dreaming of his childhood in New Orleans and yearning to return"
"Doctrine of Labyrinths The Doctrine of Labyrinths is a series of fantasy novels by Sarah Monette. It is set in the secondary world of Meduse and tells the story of the adventures of the wizard Felix Harrowgate and his half-brother, former assassin Mildmay the Fox. The series is made up of ""Mélusine"", ""The Virtu"", ""The Mirador"", and ""Corambis"". Last and greatest pupil of Brinvillier Strych. She practiced blood witchcraft, a form of wizardry outlawed by the Cabaline School. There isn't much known about blood witchcraft except blood and death are used to focus and power the spells. Participants are always"
"Tanaquil- The young daughter of a powerful sorceress. Though born to a witch mother, Tanaquil has no skills for spells and such, she instead, is a 'mender' who can fix anything and it will never break again. Jaive- Tanaquil's sorceress mother. The Peeve- Tanaquil's familiar, a desert creature similar to a mongoose or a weasel who can speak thanks to Jaive's magic. Lizra- A beautiful princess and Tanaquil's half-sister. Honj- Lizra's betrothed and Tanaquil's love interest in the story. The Unicorn Series The Unicorn Series is a young-adult fantasy novel series by Tanith Lee. The trilogy revolves around Tanaquil, a"
"dealt with main character Geof Sunrise, who on his sixteenth birthday is given ""access to the Kaboom Power Cycle, the mystic source of all power"", and subsequently hunted by ""the Nine, a group of demons"". Artist Ian Churchill created two series—""Coven"" and ""Lionheart"" (both also written by Loeb). ""Coven"" (which followed a fairly regular bi-monthly publishing schedule between August 1997 and July 1998 for its first 6-issue series) was a supernatural, ""Heaven vs. Hell"" title, featuring the titular group. ""The Coven"" was made up of ""Fantom (half-human vampiress); Spellcaster (white witch with owl familiar); Scratch (Catholic priest possessed by a"
"the Coven along with Barbara Gordon and the Enchantress. This version is a prophetic pirate and uses her abilities to predict the moves of her opponents and to warn her comrades not to stray from the Belle Reeve Manor. While Killer Croc is specific on why Batgirl and Enchantress are at the bayou Manor, he just claims that Ravager ""did something bad"". After Francine Charles proves Ravager's prophecy on never leaving Belle Reeve to be false, the Coven, Charles, and Killer Croc, form Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad. Rose Wilson Rose Wilson is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe."
"The Spellcoats The Spellcoats (1979) is the third published novel in Diana Wynne Jones's series ""Dalemark Quartet"", but chronologically the first. The story takes place several thousand years before ""Cart and Cwidder"" and ""Drowned Ammet"". The time period is referred to as ""prehistoric Dalemark"" because by the time of the other books, only legends remain from this time. The people of prehistoric Dalemark do not have a written language, but some know how to write by weaving in a language of runes using yarn of many colours and textures. Tanaqui, the narrator, is a young woman living in a small"
"Dorkins, the elfin girl brought out of the past to carry on the sisters' work. The Raven's Knot The Raven's Knot is the second book in the ""Tales from the Wyrd Museum"" series by Robin Jarvis. It was originally published in 1995. In Glastonbury, there are two mysterious deaths and the women of the town are falling ill, and strange crow dolls are appearing in their houses. Back in London, Neil Chapman living in the Wyrd Museum (a strange building owned by the three mysterious Webster sisters) once more enters the 'Separate Collection,' and discovers a stuffed raven that has"
"threatened by Rowena. The Whitby Witches The Whitby Witches is the first book in ""The Whitby Witches"" series by Robin Jarvis. It was originally published in 1991. After the deaths of their parents, eight-year-old orphan Ben and his older sister, Jennet, have been pushed from foster home to foster home for the majority of their young lives. After they have lived at a dreary hostel for a few months, the mistress Mrs Rodice has the children hauled off to live in the seaside village of Whitby, with relish. Ben and Jennet do not get along as Ben possesses a sixth"
"cat in the world, (Greebo); and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewellery, even though none of it works. King Verence I of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, Duke Felmet, and the King's crown and a baby are given by an escaping servant to the three witches. The witches hand the crown and the child to a troupe of travelling actors, acknowledging that destiny will eventually take its course and Tomjon will grow up to defeat Duke Felmet. However, the kingdom is angry and doesn't want to wait 18 years so the witches move it"
"and curries"". Witches in Pratchett's universe are largely stripped of their modern occultist associations (though Pratchett does frequently use his stories to lampoon such conceptions of witchcraft), and act as herbalists, adjudicators and wise women. That is not to say that witches on the Disc cannot use magic; they simply prefer not to, finding simple but cunningly applied psychology (often referred to as ""headology"", or sometimes ""boffo"") far more effective. The principal witch in the series is Granny Weatherwax, who at first glance seems to be a taciturn, bitter old crone, from the small mountain country of Lancre. She largely"
"become a vampire. Meanwhile, Granny Weatherwax, feeling slighted by not receiving an invitation to the ceremony, has left her cottage empty and seems to be working towards a life in a cave, almost like a hermit. After they have left the hypnotic influence of the Vampires, Agnes, Nanny Ogg and Magrat attempt to convince her to help them save Lancre, but apparently without success, even after Granny is informed that her invitation was stolen by a magpie. The three witches return to Lancre to take on the Count and his family without her, but because the Magpyr family have built"
"series concluded with the season finale issue, ""The Power of 300"", and was succeeded by the novel ""The War on Witches"" (2015), also written by Ruditis, and """" (2014–2016). The series narrative follows the Charmed Ones – sisters Piper and Phoebe Halliwell and Paige Matthews – the most powerful good witches in history who use their combined ""Power of Three"" to protect innocent lives from demonic beings. After being reunited with their late elder sister, Prue, who was killed less than a decade earlier, the four sisters vanquish the demon Rennek in order to safeguard the existence and secrecy of"
"revolving around the Halliwell sisters and their allies. The first ten novels involve the original Charmed Ones, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell, while the remaining thirty-three are set after both Prue's murder and the introduction of Paige Matthews as the youngest, new Charmed One. Two novels, ""Seasons of the Witch"" (2003) and ""The Warren Witches"" (2005), are anthologies of short stories. Writers of the series include Diana G. Gallagher and Paul Ruditis who also co-authored two volumes of the official guidebook, ""The Book of Three"" (2004; 2006). In 2015, HarperCollins acquired the rights to publish a second series of ""Charmed"""
"The Unicorn Series The Unicorn Series is a young-adult fantasy novel series by Tanith Lee. The trilogy revolves around Tanaquil, a young woman who is better at tinkering than magic, much to the dismay of her sorceress mother. Black Unicorn (1991) is the first novel of The Unicorn Series. It was big and beautiful and so black that it was like a hole in space, and it was completely impossible. Unicorns didn't belong in this world except in legends. But there it stood, radiating magical power, in the shattered wreck of the party. Nobody knew where it had come from,"
"The Witch Hunters (novel) The Witch Hunters is a BBC Books original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It features the First Doctor, Barbara, Ian, and Susan. This book was republished in 2015 by BBC Books as part of the History Collection. With the Doctor wanting to repair the TARDIS in peace and quiet, Barbara, Ian and Susan decide to get some experience of living in the nearby village of Salem. But the Doctor knows about the horrors destined to engulf the village and determines that they should leave."
"the Jerle Shannara"" trilogy consists of the books ""Ilse Witch"", ""Antrax"", and ""Morgawr"". It is set 130 years after the Heritage of Shannara. The ""High Druid of Shannara"" trilogy includes the novels ""Jarka Ruus"", ""Tanequil"", and ""Straken"". This trilogy is set 100 to 120 years after the events in ""Straken"", consists of ""Wards of Faerie"", published August 21, 2012, ""Bloodfire Quest"", published March 12, 2013, and ""Witch Wraith"", published July 17, 2013. Set 100 years after the events in ""The Dark Legacy of Shannara"" trilogy. The three novels are loosely connected, stand-alone novels, described as the setup for the conclusion"
"Carpathians realize there may be hope of saving their species from extinction. These novels take place in (or the vicinity of) the town of Sea Haven. Each book is included in one of the three series forming this collection: the Drake Sisters, the Sisters of the Heart, and Torpedo Ink. The first series, ""Drake Sisters"", focuses on the seven Drakes sisters, discovering their magical powers and finding the men they are destined to be with. In the second Sea Haven series, six women meet after each is the victim of a violent crime. In the process of working through their"
"near Salem, Massachusetts, Thackery Binx sees his little sister, Emily, spirited away to the cottage of three witches. There, the Sanderson sisters, Winifred, Sarah and Mary, cast a spell on Emily to absorb her youth and regain their own, killing her in the process. Thackery confronts the witches who transform him into an immortal black cat to live with his guilt for not saving Emily. The townsfolk, led by Binx's father, capture the witches. But before being hanged, Winifred's spellbook casts a curse that will resurrect the witches during a full moon on All Hallows' Eve when any virgin lights"
"The Orphan's Tales The Orphan's Tales is a fantasy series by Catherynne M. Valente with illustrations by Michael Kaluta. The two novels of the series, ""In the Night Garden"" (not to be confused with the BBC TV series of the same name) and ""In the Cities of Coin and Spice"", are in turn split into two books apiece. While three of these four books begin with a story told by the same young woman, her stories branch out into other stories, often narrated by a completely different character. The series won the 2008 Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature, and ""In"
"third book in January 2019. Arden says she drew inspiration for the series from Russian folklore. She has a degree in Russian and had lived in Moscow before moving to Hawaii. In October 2014, Del Rey acquired the rights for the first book, ""The Bear and the Nightingale"", which was published on January 10, 2017. It is Arden's debut book. Its follow-up, ""The Girl in the Tower"", was released on December 5, 2017. The final book in the series is scheduled for a release on January 8, 2019. It was titled ""The Winter of the Witch"". The two novels of"
"The Death Gate Cycle The Death Gate Cycle is a seven-part series (heptalogy) of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The main conflict is between two powerful races, the Sartan and the Patryns, which branched off from humans following a nuclear/anti-matter holocaust. Centuries prior to the events of the series, the Sartan attempted to end the conflict by sundering the Earth into four elemental realms, and imprisoning the Patryns in a fifth prison world, the Labyrinth. The Sartan took up stewardship of the elemental realms, but soon mysteriously lost contact with each other and disappeared. Centuries later,"
"The Raven's Knot The Raven's Knot is the second book in the ""Tales from the Wyrd Museum"" series by Robin Jarvis. It was originally published in 1995. In Glastonbury, there are two mysterious deaths and the women of the town are falling ill, and strange crow dolls are appearing in their houses. Back in London, Neil Chapman living in the Wyrd Museum (a strange building owned by the three mysterious Webster sisters) once more enters the 'Separate Collection,' and discovers a stuffed raven that has come back to life. Then one of the Webster sisters go missing, along with Edie"