The Witching Hour A Novel
The Witching Hour A Novel by Anne Rice is a reissue published by Random House Publishing Group on March 22, 1993. This edition spans 1056 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows Rowan Mayfair, a skilled neurosurgeon who discovers her connection to an ancient lineage of witches after she brings a drowned man, Michael Curry, back to life. Their passionate relationship unfolds against a backdrop of mystery and supernatural elements, as they delve into the complexities of their intertwined pasts.
Readers will encounter a richly woven tale that traverses various locations and time periods, including modern-day New Orleans and San Francisco, as well as historical settings like Amsterdam and 17th-century France. The story explores themes of love, power, and the legacy of the Mayfair family, while incorporating elements of fantasy and psychological intrigue. This edition of The Witching Hour invites readers into a world where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur, offering an immersive experience into the saga of the Mayfair witches.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the first installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles—the inspiration for the hit television series!
“Extraordinary . . . Anne Rice offers more than just a story; she creates myth.”—The Washington Post Book World
Rowan Mayfair, a beautiful woman, a brilliant practitioner of neurosurgery—aware that she has special powers but unaware that she comes from an ancient line of witches—finds the drowned body of a man off the coast of California and brings him to life. He is Michael Curry, who was born in New Orleans and orphaned in childhood by fire on Christmas Eve, who pulled himself up from poverty, and who now, in his brief interval of death, has acquired a sensory power that mystifies and frightens him. As these two, fiercely drawn to each other, fall in love and—in passionate alliance—set out to solve the mystery of her past and his unwelcome gift, an intricate tale of evil unfolds.
Moving through time from today’s New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and a château in the Louis XIV’s France, and from the coffee plantations of Port au Prince, where the great Mayfair fortune is made and the legacy of their dark power is almost destroyed, to Civil War New Orleans, The Witching Hour is a luminous, deeply enchanting novel.
The magic of the Mayfairs continues:
THE WITCHING HOUR • LASHER • TALTOS
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