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Merrick : a novel / by Anne Rice.
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- ISBN: 9780679454489
- ISBN: 0679454489
- ISBN: 0676973310 :
- Physical Description: 307 p. ; 25 cm. : ill.
- Edition: 1st trade ed.
- Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf, 2000.
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| Subject: | Witches > Fiction. Vampires > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Occult fiction. Horror fiction. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | RICE (Text) | 33294001155191 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An unknowing descendant of both thegens de couleurs libres and the Mayfair witches, Merrick follows adventures through the Guatemalan jungles, Mayan ruins, and New Orleans, as told from the perspective of vampire scribe David Talbot. - Baker & Taylor
David Talbot, an adventurer and near-mortal vampire, narrates the saga of Merrick, a descendant of the Mayfair witches, from whom she inherits her magical gifts, and of a mixed African and French background that is steeped in traditions and lore of voodoo. - Blackwell North Amer
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.
