In this engrossing and hypnotic tale of witchcraft and the occult spanning four centuries of the prominent and wealthy Mayfair family, a dynasty of witches and a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philosophy, and a family that over the ages has been haunted by a powerful, dangerous and seductive being is trying to understand and destroy the terrible force that holds this family in its power.

About the Author:Anne Rice is the author of the Sleeping Beauty series and the Vampire Chronicles series, which includes Memnoch the Devil, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, The Vampire Armand, and The Vampire Lestat. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.