Merrick
By Anne Rice, 2000
Series: Vampire Chronicles

"At the center is the beautiful, unconquerable witch Merrick. She is a descendant of the gens de couleur libres, a society of New Orleans octoroons and quadroons steeped in the lore and ceremony of voodoo, who reign in the shadowy world where African and French--the dark and the white--intermingle. Her ancestors are the great Mayfair witches, of whom she knows nothing--and from whom she inherits the power and the magical knowledge of a Circe.

Into this exotic 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 past and present to the jungles of Guatemala, from the Maya 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 witches' world and the vampires' world, where magical powers and otherworldly fascinations are locked together in a dance of seduction, death, and rebirth." (from Amazon.com)

Hardcover Info: ISBN 0679454489, Knopf (Available)
Paperback Info: ISBN 0345422406, Ballantine Books (Coming October 2001)

Abridged Audiobook (narrated by Derek Jacobi)
Cassettes: ISBN 0375416218, Random House (Audio) (Available)
Audio CD: ISBN 0375416226, Random House (Audio) (Available)