Rice\'s new work brings readers once more into the midst of the dynasty of witches introduced in her phenomenal runaway bestseller The Witching Hour. --Denver Post A MAIN SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD(c).
Lasher quenches. --The Boston Globe EROTIC...
EERIE...
HORRIFYING...
A tight tale of the occult in present-day New Orleans...
Anne Rice is a spellbinding novelist.... --The Washington Post Book World Rice SEES THINGS ON A GRAND SCALE...
There is a wide-screen historical sweep to the tale as it moves from one generation of witches to the other. --The Miami Herald BEHIND ALL THE VELVET DRAPES AND GOSSAMER WINDING SHEETS, THIS IS AN OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY SAGA....
Rice\'s descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight. --San Francisco Chronicle STEAMY...
FAST-PACED AND HUGELY ENGROSSING...
Rice\'s title character--a seductive, evil, highly sexual and ultimately tragic creature--is fascinating.
SEDUCTIVE MAGIC...
SPELLBINDING...
Rice stages her scenes in a wide variety of times and locales, tapping deeply into the richest veins of mythology and history.
The novel moves around the globe, backward and forward in time, and between the worlds to tell a story of aspiration and passion.
Rice\'s new work brings readers once more into the midst of the dynasty of witches introduced in her phenomenal runaway bestseller The Witching Hour
