description: "ANNE RICE WILL LIVE ON THROUGH THE AGES OF LITERATURE."--San Francisco Chronicle"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"AN INTRICATE, STUNNING IMAGINATION."--Los Angeles Times Book Review"SPELLBINDING . . . MYTHICAL . . . Anne Rice is a pure storyteller."--Cosmopolitan"BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)"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 JournalFrom the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Taltos
titlecomplete: Taltos
characters: Samuel, Mary Jane Mayfair, Yuri Stefano, Michael James Timothy Curry, Mona Mayfair, Ashlar, Dolly Jean Mayfair, Rowan Mayfair
genres: Gothic, Fantasy, Horror, Magic, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Supernatural, Witches, Fiction, Paranormal
ratings_count: 53230
series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel
publisher: Random House Value Publishing