275 0c9dd908-7f8b-4245-b8fd-111fecfb7a6a Merrick Anne Rice calibre (0.8.17) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 2000-10-17T17:41:46+00:00 EDITORIAL REVIEW: At the center is the beautiful, unconquerable witch, Merrick. She is a descendant of the gens de colors libres, a cast derived from the black mistresses of white men, a society of New Orleans octaroons and quadroons, steeped in the lore and ceremony of voodoo, who reign in the shadowy world where the African and the French--the white and the dark--intermingle. Her ancestors are the Great Mayfair Witches, of whom she knows nothing--and from whom she inherits the power and 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 the past and 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 and the vampires' world, where magical powers and otherworldly fascinations are locked together in a dance of seduction, death, and rebirth. Random House Large Print 9780375430770 eng General Fiction Witches Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) General & Literary Fiction Large Type Books Horror Fiction - Horror Horror - General Horror tales New Orleans (La.) Vampires Occult Occult Fiction Witchcraft Guatemala - Fiction. Guatemala New Orleans (La.) - Fiction. Vampires - Fiction.