Merrick (Vampire Chronicles)

In this seventh volume of the Vampire Chronicles, it is Lestat's friend and coeval Louis de Pointe du Lac who takes centre stage, tortured by the memory of the child vampire, Claudia, whom he loved and lost. Merrick must use black witchcraft to call up her ghost, however dangerous this may be. At The Center Of Anne Rice's New Novel Is The Beautiful, Unconquerable Merrick, A Child--a Witch With The Power And Magical Knowledge Of A Medea And A Circe. She Is A Mayfair Of New Orleans, Descendent Of A Family Rich In Its French And Spanish Past, Steeped In The Age-old Tradition Of Voodoo. Into This Strange And Exotic World Comes David Talbot, Hero, Storyteller, Adventurer, Almost-mortal Vampire, A Visitor From Another Realm Of The Dark World. In Her Mesmerizing New Novel, The Author Of The Vampire Chronicles & The Saga Of The Mayfair Witches Demonstrates, Once Again, Her Gift For Spellbinding Storytelling & The Creation Of Myth & Magic. Now, In A Magnificent Tale Of Sorcery & 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 Couleurs Libres, A Caste Derived From The Black Mistresses Of White Men, A Society Of New Orleans Octaroons & Quadroons, Steeped In The Lore & Ceremony Of Voodoo, Who Reign In The Shadowy World Where The African & The French--the White & The Dark--intermingle. Her Ancestors Are The Great Mayfair Witches, Of Whom She Knows Nothing--and From Whom She Inherits The Power & Magical Knowledge Of A Circe. Into This Exotic New Orleans 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 & Present To The Jungles Of Guatemala, From The Mayan 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 & The Vampires' World, Where Magical Powers & Otherworldly Fascinations Are Locked Together In A Dance Of Seduction, Death, & Rebirth. By Anne Rice. At the center of Anne Rice's new novel is the beautiful, unconquerable Merrick, a child--a witch with the power and magical knowledge of a Medea and a Circe. She is a Mayfair of New Orleans, descendant of a family rich in its French and Spanish past, steeped in the age-old tradition of voodoo. Into this strange and exotic world comes David Talbot, hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost-mortal vampire, a visitor from another realm of the dark world. In her mesmerizing new novel, the author of the Vampire Chronicles & the saga of the Mayfair witches demonstrates, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling & the creation of myth & magic. Now, in a magnificent tale of sorcery & 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 caste derived from the black mistresses of white men, a society of New Orleans octoroon's& quadroons, steeped in the lore & ceremony of voodoo, who reign in the shadowy world where the African & the French--the white & the dark--intermingle. Her ancestors are the Great Mayfair witches, of whom she knows nothing--and from whom she inherits the power & magical knowledge of a Circe. Into this exotic New Orleans 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 & present to the jungles of Guatemala, from the Mayan 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 & the vampires' world, where magical powers & otherworldly fascinations are locked together in a dance of seduction, death, & rebirth At the center is the beautiful, unconquerable witch Merrick. Her anscestors are the grat 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 form another dark realm In this mesmerizing new novel, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of myth and magic, as she weaves together two of her most compelling worlds? those of the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair witches.