{"product_id":"taltos-9780345404312","title":"Taltos","description":"When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers. For Ashlar knows this powerful clan is intimately linked to the heritage of the Taltos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a swirling universe filled with death and life, corruption and innocence, this mesmerizing novel takes us on a wondrous journey back through the centuries to a civilization half-human, of wholly mysterious origin, at odds with mortality and immortality, justice and guilt. It is an enchanted, hypnotic world that could only come from the imagination of Anne Rice . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTaltos\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTaltos \u003c\/i\u003eis the third book in a series known as the lives of the Mayfair witches. . .Their haunted heritage has brought the family great wealth, which is exercised from a New Orleans manse with Southern gentility; but of course such power cannot escape notice . . . or challenge . . . Rice is a formidable talent. . . . [\u003ci\u003eTaltos\u003c\/i\u003e] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history, and high soap opera.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intricate, stunning imagination.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spellbinding . . . mythical . . . Anne Rice is a pure storyteller.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reivews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her power of invention seems boundless. . . . She has made a masterpiece of the morbid, worthy of Poe's daughter. . . . It is hard to praise sufficiently the originality of Miss Rice.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rice, Anne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345404312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.88h x 4.18w x 1.34d","brand":"Anne Rice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39958301376587,"sku":"9780345404312","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_8e594afa-449b-4882-a1e6-4d455229f33d.jpg?v=1675693540","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/taltos-9780345404312","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}