Human Rites
- Author Juno Dawson
- Narrator Nicola Coughlan
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 21 August 2025
- Run Time 15 hours and 11 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Contemporary fantasy, Dark fantasy, Occult fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Urban fantasy.
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What to expect
THE COVEN IS BACK in HUMAN RITES, the spectacular, hotly anticipated conclusion to Juno Dawson’s SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN series.
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.
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.
But Lucifer has deadly offer for fledgling witch Theo: help him and her coven – her family – will be spared as the rest of humanity perishes in a hellish new reality. Save the ones she loves? Or save the world? The choice is hers…
The final confrontation between good and evil is about to commence in the spectacular conclusion to the insatiable Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.
Readers are spellbound by HMRC:
'Juno Dawson is at the top of her game in this vibrant and meticulous take on witchcraft. Her characteristic wit and grit shine through’ Samantha Shannon
‘I fell in love with her coven’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘A breath of fresh air’ Joanne Harris
‘Utterly compelling’ Louise O’Neill
‘I devoured this’ Lindsey Kelk
‘Thrilling and hair-raising’ Russell T Davies
‘Beautiful, moving and witty’ Cecelia Ahern
‘Compulsively readable and touching – I loved it’ Marian Keyes
Critics Review
n MORE PRAISE FOR HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVENn
n‘Superb and almost unbearably charming’
nn THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWn
n‘Talk about a gut punch of a novel. …A provocative exploration of intersectional feminism, loyalty, gender and transphobia [that] invites readers into an intricately woven web of magic, friendship, and power’
nn THE NERD DAILYn
n‘A shimmering, irresistible cauldron’s brew of my favourite things: a thrilling, witchy plot; a diverse, compelling, and beautifully drawn cast; complex relationships with real heart; laugh-out-loud banter; and the kind of dazzling magic I wish existed. You won’t be able to put it down’
nn Lana Harper, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of PAYBACK’S A WITCHn
n‘Dawson, in an impressive flex, uses the rules of the fantasy genre to make a statement about people of colour and LGBTQ individuals and how organizations can exclude and ignore them. Readers who enjoy witches and watching change ripple through a culture will enjoy this series’
nn BOOKLIST (starred)n
n‘Dawson's conversational, matter-of-fact tone calls to mind writers like Neil Gaiman and Diana Wynne Jones; it's at times funny, at others heartbreaking, but always perfectly calibrated…A thoughtful entry into the witch canon that intrigues and challenges as much as it delights’
nn BOOKPAGEn
n‘Look, if the idea of a story about a group of girls living in an alternate England and working for a centuries-old secret government bureau of witches doesn’t grab you immediately, I don’t know what to tell you’’
nn PASTEn
n‘Cleverly constructed…an exciting new direction for Dawson. Readers will be eager for the next instalment’
nn PUBLISHERS WEEKLYn
n‘Readers who love a big fight between good and evil, who enjoy seeing magic in the everyday world, and those who like their heroine’s journeys to include all facets of heartbreak will savour the cut and thrust of this battle’
nn LIBRARY JOURNALn
n'Dawson played a blinder with this one'
nn FANTASY HIVEn
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