The Witching Hour

Compelling… Sensuous… Engrossing… Rich * Wall Street Journal * Vintage Rice - lush prose, dense atmosphere, steamy sex, gothic tension * San Francisco Chronicle * Morbid delights, sexually charged passages and wicked, wild tragedy * Publishers Weekly * Anne Rice did what so few writers do, and created something truly original. * Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author of Sword Catcher * Rice tantalises us to the very last page of the book, and beyond. * The New York Times * A sensual, genre-defining thriller from the queen of gothic horror. * Jay Kristoff, bestselling author of Empire of the Damned * A titan of the gothic genre. Daring, dark, and lovely. * S.T. Gibson, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Dowry of Blood * A surfeit of macabre delights, summoning up lush decadence, gothic secrets, and a little brimstone. * Holly Black, Sunday Times bestselling author of Book of Night * Beautifully written. * Kirkus Reviews * Rice offers another vast, transcontinental saga of witchcraft and demonism. * Publisher’s Weekly *

Anne Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, which provided the backdrop for many of her famous novels. She was the author of more than 30 books, including her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, which was published in 1976. It has since gone on to become one of the best-selling novels of all time, and was adapted into a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, and Antonio Banderas. In addition to The Vampire Chronicles, Anne was the author of several other best-selling supernatural series including Mayfair Witches, Queen of the Damned, the Wolf Gift, and Ramses the Damned. She passed away in 2021.