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Anne Rice brings us once again -- even more magically -- into the midst of the dynasty of witches she introduced in The Witching Hour. At the center: the brilliant and beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, and Lasher, the darkly compelling demon whom she finds irresistible and from... read more
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Summary edit
Returning to the Mayfair clan she introduced in The Witching Hour , Rice offers another vast, transcontinental saga of witchcraft and demonism in the tradition of Gothic melodrama. The eponymous Lasher is a demon spirit who preys on female Mayfairs in his attempt to procreate. Rowan Mayfair,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Rowan Mayfair: Designee of the Mayfair family of witches
- Lasher: Was an Mayfair family evil spirit, but was born through Rowan and Michael Curry to become a Taltos
- Mona Mayfair: Powerful teenage witch, next in line to inherit the Mayfair Legacy
- Michael Curry: Rowan's husband, a contractor
- Yuri: Add a description of this character.
- Aaron Lightner: Member of the Talamasca, a secret organization interested in chronicling instances of supernatural events and persons.
- Julien: Mayfair ancestor, was a patriarch in his day and his ghost is continuously looking out for his family
- Gifford
- Ryan
- Mary Beth: Powerful Mayfair witch ancestor
- Darcy: Katherine Mayfair's husband, who built the First street house
- Pierce Mayfair: A lawyer for the Mayfair clan
- Alicia: Mona's mother
- Ancient Evelyn
- Katherine: Mayfair Designee in the late 1800s
- Stella: Mayfair Designee in 1920s. Mary Beth's daughter
- Beatrice
- Deirdre: Rowan's natural mother and former Designee. Daughter of Antha Mayfair
- Dr. Larkin
- Randall
- Laura Lee
- Marie Claudette: Designee from the late 1700s. First Mayfair witch to come to America
- Marguerite: Designee in the 1800s. Mother of Katherine and Julien
- Suzanne: First Mayfair witch. Calls Lasher for the first time
- Emaleth: A newborn Taltos
- Lauren
- Henri
- Francis
- Donnelaith: Place in Scotland where Suzanne Mayfair was burned as a witch and where Lasher was first called to serve the Mayfair line
- Patrick
- Mitch
- Carlotta: Deirdre's great aunt and caretaker and Stella's sister
- Anne Marie
- Richard
- David
- Stolov
- Tobias
- Deborah: Second Mayfair witch who has a child with Petyr van Abel, member of the Talamasca in the late 1600s, extending the Mayfair line of witches
- Clancy
- Andrew
Setting & Locations edit
- Talamasca
- Amsterdam
- New York
- Scotland
- New Orleans
- Italy
- London
- Paris
- Rome
- Houston
- Amelia Street
- Florence
- Destin
- First Street
- Assisi
- Geneva
- California
- Edinburgh
- Fontevrault
- Metairie
- St. Ashlar
- Florida
- St. Martinville
- St. Charles Avenue
- St. Alphonsus
- Riverbend
- Mercy Hospital
- Chestnut Street
- Zurich
- Serbia
- St. Michael
- Venice
- Pontchartrain
- Ireland
- Texas
- Charlotte
First Sentence edit
In the Beginning was the voice of Father.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 40
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in The Mayfair Witches. (standard series)
Preceded by The Witching Hour, and followed by Taltos.
This is book 7 of 9 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1993. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Vanished, and followed by Pleading Guilty.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 12, 1993
ISBN: 978-0679412953
Page Count: 883
Publisher: Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 12, 1993
ISBN: 978-0679412953
Page Count: 883
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3568.I265 L36 1993
- Dewey: 813.54
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