num_pages: 556
description: "Taltos is 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... [Taltos] is a curious amalgam of Gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history, and high soap opera." The Washington Post Book World"Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature." San Francisco Chronicle"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." The Wall Street Journal"An intricate, stunning imagination." Los Angeles Times Book Review"Spellbinding... Mythical... Anne Rice is a pure storyteller." Cosmopolitan"Beautifully written." Kirkus Reviews (starred).
language: English
title: Taltos
titlecomplete: Taltos (Lives of The Mayfair Witches #3)
characters: Mary Jane Mayfair, Dolly Jean Mayfair, Michael James Timothy Curry, Rowan Mayfair, Mona Mayfair, Samuel, Ashlar, Yuri Stefano
genres: Paranormal, Fantasy, Gothic, Urban Fantasy, Witches, Vampires, Supernatural, Fiction, Magic, Horror
ratings_count: 53212
series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel
publisher: Ballantine Books