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In her mesmerizing new novel, the author of The Vampire Chronicles and the saga of the Mayfair Witches demonstrates once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of myth and magic. Here, in a magnificent tale of sorcery and the occult, she makes real for us a hitherto unexplored world of witchcraft. At the center is the beautiful, unconquerable witch Merrick. She is a descendant of the gens de couleur libres, a society of New Orleans octoroons and quadroons steeped in the lore and ceremony of voodoo, who reign in the shadowy world where African and French--the dark and the white--intermingle. Her ancestors are the great Mayfair witches, of whom she knows nothing--and from whom she inherits the power and the magical knowledge of a Circe. Into this exotic realm comes David Talbot--hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost-mortal vampire, visitor from another dark realm. It is he who recounts Merrick's haunting tale--a tale that takes us from the New Orleans of past and present to the jungles of Guatemala, from the Maya ruins of a century ago to ancient civilizations not yet explored. Anne Rice's richly told novel weaves an irresistible story of two worlds: the witches' world and the vampires' world, where magical powers and otherworldly fascinations are locked together in a dance of seduction, death, and rebirth.Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679454489
ISBN-139780679454489
eBay Product ID (ePID)788793
Product Key Features
Book TitleMerrick
TopicOccult & Supernatural, Fantasy / Paranormal, Horror, Thrillers / Supernatural
Publication Year2000
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorAnne Rice
Book SeriesVampire Chronicles Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2in.
Item Length9.5in.
Item Width6.6in.
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN99-088556
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number7
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Lc Classification NumberPs3568.I265m48 2000
Number of Pages320 Pages