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4.1/5 Kobo Series Charmed Preceded by Charmed: Season 9 Originally published 26 May 2015 Genre Fantasy Fiction Country United States of America | 4.5/5 Google Play Language English Publication date May 26, 2015 Followed by Charmed: Season 10 Publisher HarperCollins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The War on Witches is an original novel based on the American television series Charmed, the first in a series of novels published by HarperCollins from May 2015. It is written by Paul Ruditis, editor of the Charmed comic book series and author of novels in the earlier Simon & Schuster series of fiction. The novel is set between the events of Season 9 and 10 of the comics. The narrative features the four Charmed Ones (Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell and Paige Matthews), the most powerful good witches of all time, and their formerly-demonic ally, Cole Turner.
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Plot summary
Set after the events of both the final episode of the television series, "Forever Charmed", and the final print issue of Charmed: Season 9, "The Power of 300", the narrative details the reunion of the younger Charmed Ones – Piper, Phoebe, and Paige – with their oldest sister, Prue, who was killed at the end of the third season. Creating an alliance with the newly-resurrected half-demon Cole Turner, Phoebe's former husband, the four Charmed Ones use their combined "Power of Three" to protect witches from a witch hunt in modern day San Francisco.
Continuity
The novel is the first in a series published by HarperCollins set in the fictional "Charmed universe"; it is officially licensed by CBS Consumer Products who owns the rights to Charmed and its spin-off material. A previous series of novels based on the television series was published by Simon & Schuster between 1999 and 2008.
The continuity of the novel fits between the two comic book series, Charmed: Season 9 (2010–12) and Charmed: Season 10 (2014–), both published by Zenescope Entertainment. Its author, Paul Ruditis, previously wrote three novels in the Simon & Schuster series – The Brewing Storm (2004), As Puck Would Have It (2006), and Leo Rising (2007) – as well as three official guidebooks, and every issue of Season 9. He is currently the editor of Season 10.
Speaking on earlier Charmed literature, Ruditis has stated that all officially-licensed material concerning the series must receive studio clearance from CBS prior to publication in order to adhere to the established fictional canon. Consequently, '[t]he studio still has to approve the direction' authors of Charmed literature take. According to Pat Shand, author of Season 10, the comics and novels based on the franchise are part of the Charmed canon and follow the established continuity of the series.