Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles)

Libro 7 de 13: Vampire Chronicles

Rice, Anne

 
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Sinopsis

David Talbot, an adventurer, near-mortal vampire, and visitor from another dark realm, narrates the haunting saga of Merrick, a beautiful, unconquerable witch who is 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 the shadowy traditions and lore of voodoo. Simultaneous.

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Anne Rice is the author of twenty-one books.  She lives in New Orleans with her husband, the poet and painter Stan Rice.

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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 wit

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