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Taltos

By Anne Rice

By Anne Rice

By Anne Rice

By Anne Rice

By Anne Rice
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By Anne Rice
Read by Kate Reading

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Part of Lives of Mayfair Witches

Part of Lives of Mayfair Witches

Part of Lives of Mayfair Witches

Category: Fantasy

Category: Fantasy

Category: Fantasy | Audiobooks

Mass Market Paperback $9.99

Mar 31, 1996 | ISBN 9780345404312

Ebook $9.99

Nov 17, 2010 | ISBN 9780307575920

Audiobook Download $30.00

Nov 10, 2015 | 1324 Minutes

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    About Taltos

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the third installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles—the inspiration for the hit television series!

    “[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history, and high soap opera.”—The Washington Post Book World
     
    When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos.
     
    In a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half-human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could only come from the imagination of Anne Rice. . . .
     
    The magic of the Mayfairs continues:
    THE WITCHING HOUR • LASHER • TALTOS

    About Taltos

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the third installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles—the inspiration for the hit television series!

    “[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history, and high soap opera.”—The Washington Post Book World
     
    When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos.
     
    In a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half-human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could only come from the imagination of Anne Rice. . . .
     
    The magic of the Mayfairs continues:
    THE WITCHING HOUR • LASHER • TALTOS

    About Taltos

    "RICE IS A FORMIDABLE TALENT…[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history and high soap opera."
    –The Washington Post Book World
    "CAPTIVATING…TALTOS IS A WONDERFUL OFFERING…THE BEST SHE’S DONE….There is a new member of Anne Rice’s macabre family of monsters, and he’s probably the loneliest, most melancholy creature on earth….Rice keeps the mystic fires burning strong."
    –The Milwaukee Journal
    "SPELLBINDING…MYTHICAL…Anne Rice is a pure storyteller."
    –Cosmopolitan
    "RICE IS A STYLISH WRITER…What works best throughout the book is the magical collusion of the real and the mythical, the intermingling of the Taltos and witches with ordinary mortals in the present-day world."
    –New York Newsday
    "BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN."
    –Kirkus Reviews (starred)
    "WHAT CAN I CONFESS? I’M ASHLAR. I’M A TALTOS.
    It’s centuries since I’ve seen one single other member of my own species. Oh, there have been others. I’ve heard of them, chased after them, and in some instances almost found them. Mark, I say almost. But not in centuries have I touched my own flesh and blood, as humans are so fond of saying. Never in all this time….[pg. 64]
    When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos.
    In a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half-human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could only come from the imagination of Anne Rice . . .

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    About Anne Rice

    Anne Rice is the author of thirty-seven books, including the Vampire Chronicles, the Lives of the Mayfair Witches, and the Wolf Gift book series. Rice was born in New Orleans in 1941 and grew up there and in Texas. She… More about Anne Rice

    About Anne Rice

    Anne Rice is the author of thirty-seven books, including the Vampire Chronicles, the Lives of the Mayfair Witches, and the Wolf Gift book series. Rice was born in New Orleans in 1941 and grew up there and in Texas. She… More about Anne Rice

    About Anne Rice

    Anne Rice is the author of thirty-seven books, including the Vampire Chronicles, the Lives of the Mayfair Witches, and the Wolf Gift book series. Rice was born in New Orleans in 1941 and grew up there and in Texas. She… More about Anne Rice

    Product Details

    Category: Fantasy

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Mar 31, 1996 | 576 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345404312

    Category: Fantasy

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Nov 17, 2010 | 576 Pages | ISBN 9780307575920

    Category: Fantasy | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $30.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Nov 10, 2015 | 1324 Minutes | ISBN 9780147525352

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    Praise

    “Taltos is the third book in a series known as the lives of the Mayfair witches. . .Their haunted heritage has brought the family great wealth, which is exercised from a New Orleans manse with Southern gentility; but of course such power cannot escape notice . . . or challenge . . . Rice is a formidable talent. . . . [Taltos]is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history, and high soap opera.”—The Washington Post Book World

    “Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature.”—San Francisco Chronicle

    “An intricate, stunning imagination.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

    “Spellbinding . . . mythical . . . Anne Rice is a pure storyteller.”—Cosmopolitan

    “Beautifully written.”—Kirkus Reivews (starred review)

    “Her power of invention seems boundless. . . . She has made a masterpiece of the morbid, worthy of Poe’s daughter. . . . It is hard to praise sufficiently the originality of Miss Rice.”—The Wall Street Journal

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