SEDUCTIVE MAGIC…SPELLBINDING…Rice stages her scenes in a wide variety of times and locales, tapping deeply into the richest veins of mythology and history.–San Francisco ChronicleSTEAMY…FAST-PACED AND HUGELY ENGROSSING…Rice’s title character–a seductive, evil, highly sexual and ultimately tragic creature–is fascinating.–The Miami HeraldBEHIND ALL THE VELVET DRAPES AND GOSSAMER WINDING SHEETS, THIS IS AN OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY SAGA….Rice’s descriptive writing is so opulent it almost begs to be read by candlelight.–The Washington Post Book WorldRICE SEES THINGS ON A GRAND SCALE…There is a wide-screen historical sweep to the tale as it moves from one generation of witches to the other.–The Boston GlobeEROTIC…EERIE…HORRIFYING…A tight tale of the occult in present-day New Orleans…Anne Rice is a spellbinding novelist…. LASHER quenches.–Denver PostA MAIN SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD(c)From the Paperback edition.