Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: 2000-10
Publishing house: Knopf
Release Date: October 17, 2000
Sale Popularity Level: 643986
Studio: Knopf
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Product Description:
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.
Amazon.com Review:
Just when you thought it was safe for a bloodsucker to go out in the dark in New Orleans, along comes Merrick Mayfair, a sultry, hard-drinking octoroon beauty whose voodoo can turn the toughest vampire into a marionette dancing to her merry, scary tune. In Merrick, Anne Rice brings back three of her most wildly popular characters--the vampires Lestat and Louis and the dead vampire child Claudia--and introduces them to the world of her Mayfair Witches book series.
It is Louis who brings about the collision of the fang and voodoo universes. Louis made Claudia a vampire in Rice's classic Interview with the Vampire, in which she was destroyed, and now he's obsessed with raising her ghost to make amends and seek guidance from the beyond. (Claudia physically resembles Rice's young daughter who died of a blood-related illness. Rice nearly died of a diabetic coma in 1998, and writing Merrick turned her excruciating recovery into an exhilarating burst of creativity).
Vampire David Talbot lobbies Merrick to call Claudia's spirit and slake Louis's guilt, but Talbot winds up in the grip of an obsession with the witch. You see, Talbot, unlike most vampires, lived 70 years as a human, so his sexual response to humans is still as strong as his blood thirst. Merrick can cast spells to make men crave her, and Talbot is tormented. After she reads his palm, he muses, 'I wanted to take her in my arms, not to feed from her, no, not harm her, only kiss her, only sink my fangs a very little, only taste her blood and her secrets, but this was dreadful and I wouldn't let it go on.'
The secrets of Merrick are dark and sensuous, but the book is a romp animated by Rice's feeling of coming back to life through the magic of a literary outpouring. The narrative flashes back to the past, to an Indiana Jones-ish adventure in a Guatemalan cave, and to scenes from many other Rice novels. It may be helpful to read Merrick with the Rice-approved guidebooks The Vampire Companion and The Witches' Companion at hand.
After many books, Rice's grand Vampire Chronicles tale was in peril of getting long in the tooth. Merrick Mayfair's magic represents an infusion of fresh blood. --Tim Appelo
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If you have enjoyed the other novels written by Anne Rice, you are probably familiar with the vampire Chronicles, and at least know something about Lestat. I am a true fan of this series of stories and Merrick is one of my favorites! From beginning to end this story will satisfy and make you a fan if you aren't already ! A Must-read !
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Another book and I almost read it without sleeping. The character is a heroine. A strong and fearless one. Both mortal and immortal. Long live Anne Rice..
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The book is in excellent condition at an unbelievable price. Received it in a timely manner. I am enjoying the book now. Thnx a million.
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I LOVED this book! It took a turn in the series by introducing the Mayfair witches which brought in such depth...read them all, in order, and read the Mayfair Witch series as well. Though she can be a bit wordy at times, it's excellent reading.
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In this book, Merrick Mayfair, a young woman from a different branch of the same Mayfair family that populates her Mayfair Witch sagas. Merrick has been raised since her early teen years by the Talamasca. The Talamasca are a mysterious, ancient and secret organization. Merrick is a beautiful and powerful sorceress.Merrick is called on for a favor which only she can grant. Merrick is to call up the ghost of the vampire Claudia(died in "Interview"). Readers will find themselves transported from New Orleans to the jungles of South America for a treasure hunting quest that provides some of the book's more interesting pages.
Over all i enjoyed the book and would recomend it too friends. The book may not be captivating, it is still intresting. Some times it is hard to tell the transizion in the book. at times it even feels like you are being set up for another book.
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