Lasher

<b>NOW A MAJOR TV SHOW, FROM THE NETWORK BEHIND <i>THE WALKING DEAD</i><br> <br> <i>----------------</i></b><br> <br> 'Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches series is a surfeit of macabre delights, summoning up lush decadence, gothic secrets, and a little brimstone.'<br> <b>Holly Black, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Book of Night</i></b><br> <br> 'Rice's sprawling, supernatural family saga cements her in perpetuity as a titan of the gothic genre. Daring, dark, and lovely.'<br> <b>S.T. Gibson, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Dowry of Blood</i></b><br> <br> 'A sensual, genre-defining thriller from the queen of gothic horror.'<br> <b>Jay Kristoff, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Empire of the Vampire</i></b><br> <br> 'Anne Rice did what so few writers do, and created something truly original.'<br> <b>Cassandra Clare, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Sword Catcher</i></b><br> <br> <br> <i><b>The Mayfairs are dying.</b></i><br> <br> Lasher, a spirit conjured in seventeenth-century Scotland by the first 'witch', has returned. Once a curse to his creator and her descendants, Lasher is back and ready to bring chaos to the Mayfair family.<br> <br> And his next target is none other than Rowan Mayfair.<br> <br> Meanwhile, Rowan has disappeared. As the new queen of the coven, Rowan must stay on the<br> run to save her life and her legacy before it's too late.<br> <br> <b>From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the second installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles-the inspiration for the hit television series.</b><br> <br> <b>'A curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history, and high soap opera.'</b><br> The Washington Post Book World<br> <br> <b>' W hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (...) made it feel so contemporary and relevant.'</b><br> Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of <i>Behind Her Eyes</i>