Rice, Anne

Mr. Ash learns there are other surviving Taltos and goes to New Orleans, where he becomes involved with the Mayfair witches.

Almost immortal vampire David Talbot, having gone to Merrick to plead with her to raise the ghost of the dead vampire child Claudia thus easing the guilt of his friend and fellow vampire Louis, instead finds himself in the grip of an obsession with the powerful witch.

Rowan, queen of the coven, attempts to escape from the evil spell of the demon Lasher, taking with her their child.

Rowan, queen of the coven, attempts to escape from the evil spell of the demon Lasher, taking with her their child.

The vampire Lestat is taken by Memnoch, who claims to be the Devil. He is invited to be a witness at the Creation, and is taken into the heavenly realm and into Purgatory, where he must decide if he can believe in the Devil or in God, and then he must decide which, if either, he will serve.

Contract killer Toby O'Dare accepts a seraph's offer to leave his violent existence in order to save lives, and finds himself transported to thirteenth-century England and challenged to defend falsely accused Jewish citizens.

Until now Armand has played a small role in the Vampire Chronicles. Here he assumes center stage, relating his five hundred years of life to fledgling vampire David Talbot, who plays amanuensis to Armand as he did to Lestat.