Merrick - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Rice, Anne

ISBN 10: 0679454489 / ISBN 13: 9780679454489

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Toronto, 2000

About this Item

A Near Fine first printing of the first Trade edition that has some white soiling marks to the boards in a Fine dust-jacket; Merrick is a compelling, heart-wrenching novel about a ranch dog who finds himself on the run after being accused of murder. Merrick must rely on his instincts and his unwavering devotion to his human family to find his way back home and clear his name.This novel is full of suspense and excitement, and will leave readers begging for more.; 8vo; 305 pages; 15.

Seller Inventory # 54652

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Merrick - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679454489
• ISBN 13: 9780679454489
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

In her mesmerizing new novel, the author of The Vampire Chronicles and the saga of the Mayfair Witches demonstrates once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of myth and magic. Here, in a magnificent tale of sorcery and the occult, she makes real for us a hitherto unexplored world of witchcraft.

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.

About the Author

Anne Rice is the author of twenty-one previous books. She lives in New Orleans with her husband, the poet and painter Stan Rice.