Description: At the center of Anne Rice's new novel is the beautiful, unconquerable Merrick, a child-witch with the power and magical knowledge of a Medea and a Circe. She is a Mayfair of New Orleans, descendent of the gens de colors libre, a family rich in its French and Spanish past, steeped in the age old tradition of voodoo. At the center of the Mayfairs clan: Cold Sandra, Merrick's beautiful mother; Honey in the Sunshine, Merrick's mysterious sister, and grand sorceress of all the Mayfairs, Great Nananne, Merrick's godmother, whose power and wisdom have outlasted the centuries. Into this strange and exotic New Orleans world comes David Talbot, hero, storyteller, adventurer, almost mortal vampire, visitor from another realm of the dark world -- recounting the haunting tale of Merrick's fierce and cunning struggle against the vampire powers led by Louis de Pointe du Lac and the vampire-child, Claudia. From the timeless jungles of Guatamala to New Orleans, then and now, Anne Rice weaves a mesmerizing story of two

brilliantly imagined worlds locked in battle: the vampire world, and the world of witches.

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