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vampire by Lestat, Louis is too powerful to be destroyed in this manner, and his burned body is restored with vampiric blood bestowed by Lestat, David, and new vampire Merrick. She reveals that from the beginning, she used her magic to lure David and Louis to her in hopes of receiving the Dark Gift of vampirism. The turning of Merrick into a vampire infuriates the Talamasca, but in a letter David advises that they not wage war against the vampires because Lestat is too formidable a foe.
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Merrick retrieves Claudia's diary from the Talamasca vaults, and makes it possible for Louis to speak with Claudia. The spirit's harsh words confirm the negative feelings for Louis that Claudia expressed in her diary, and a despairing Louis attempts suicide by exposing himself to the sun. Made a
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wrote, "This volume merges several long-running plots; the first chapters sag with the weight of their exposition, and the prose seems overheated even for Rice ... Displaying her imaginative talents for atmosphere and suspense, Rice creates a riveting scene that shows Merrick's awesome magic at
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Merrick is also a former agent of the Talamasca, and shared many adventures with David in the past. Flashbacks introduce Merrick's malevolent sister, Honey Isabella or Honey in the Sunshine; Merrick's mother, Cold Sandra; and the Great Nananne, a powerful witch whose very presence is enough to
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frighten and instill respect in David. Merrick and David recall their journey to a cave in Central America which contained malevolent spirits protecting an ancient jade mask, which allows people to see spirits as if they were corporeal.
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Husband, Janet G.; Husband, Jonathan F. (July 30, 2009).
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to use her spiritual powers to contact Claudia's ghost.
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but was destroyed long ago. With the help of former
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Index


Anne Rice
Henri Rousseau
The Snake Charmer
The Vampire Chronicles
Horror fiction
Knopf
Hardcover
Paperback
ISBN
0-679-45448-9
OCLC
43115157
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
The Vampire Armand
Blood and Gold
vampire novel
Anne Rice
The Vampire Chronicles
Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Louis de Pointe du Lac
Claudia
vampire
Lestat de Lioncourt
Talamasca
David Talbot
Merrick Mayfair
Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Blackwood Farm

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