Taltos
core novel 1994 Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.82 (57,450 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 533 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345404312 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Ashlar, believing himself the last surviving member of his ancient species and now running a toy corporation in New York, learns that another of his kind may exist, drawing him back into contact with the Mayfair family's unfolding affairs. Rowan Mayfair remains in a semi-catatonic state following the traumatic events of the previous novel, while Mona discovers that she is pregnant by Michael Curry, and that the child she carries may itself be a member of Ashlar's species rather than fully human. The novel expands considerably on the deep history of Ashlar's people, tracing their long, difficult survival among humans across the centuries, even as the secretive Talamasca order is revealed to have its own hidden agenda for gathering surviving members of the species together.
Where it sits
- Universe: Lives of the Mayfair Witches
- Series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anne Rice
Notes
- From the series record (Lives of the Mayfair Witches): Core Canon = the original trilogy (1990-1994) centered on the Mayfair family.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Lives of the Mayfair Witches: position 3 of 3: previous Lasher (1993)
Sources
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