Informationen zum Autor Anne Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, which provided the backdrop for many of her famous novels. She was the author of more than 30 books, including her first novel, Interview with the Vampire , which was published in 1976. It has since gone on to become one of the best-selling novels of all time, and was adapted into a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, and Antonio Banderas. In addition to The Vampire Chronicles, Anne was the author of several other best-selling supernatural series including Mayfair Witches, Queen of the Damned, the Wolf Gift, and Ramses the Damned. She passed away in 2021. Klappentext The latest paperback from Anne Rice. In the streets of New York and New Orleans, an ancient, evil power is abroad; The Taltos. Their existence vaults time and space - from pagan landscapes to modern cities, but their battle with the Mayfair witches is constant. Now, the last remaining Taltos takes the witches on a dance of death across the centuries to their ultimate fate. Also available as a Random House audiobook, read by Tim Currie. Zusammenfassung Soon to be a major TV seriesThe Mayfair Witches face an unimaginable new threat: the Taltos - the giant race gifted with preternatural knowledge, who breed in minutes and live for centuries.

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The third hypnotic book in her epic story of the Mayfair witches, following The Witching Hour and Lasher

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The latest paperback from Anne Rice. In the streets of New York and New Orleans, an ancient, evil power is abroad; The Taltos. Their existence vaults time and space - from pagan landscapes to modern cities, but their battle with the Mayfair witches is constant. Now, the last remaining Taltos takes the witches on a dance of death across the centuries to their ultimate fate. Also available as a Random House audiobook, read by Tim Currie.

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SHOW, FROM THE NETWORK BEHIND THE WALKING DEAD

'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (...) made [it] feel so contemporary and relevant' Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes

'[Rice wrote] in the great tradition of the gothic' Ramsey Campbell, bestselling author of The Hungry Moon

The Mayfair Witches face an unimaginable new threat: the Taltos - the giant race gifted with preternatural knowledge, who breed in minutes and live for centuries. The race that spawned the monster-innocent Lasher, who gave the witches their power and almost destroyed them.

Unknown to the Mayfairs, another Taltos still lives: the legendary Ashla, who has done and suffered so much down the centuries. Now a frantic dance speeds them all from the dawn of history and the Dark Ages to high-tech New York, from sensuous New Orleans to Stonehenge and the Scottish Highlands, towards their ultimate fate...