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Lasher

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  • 1993 first published
  • 590 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (10 ratings)
  • 38 editions
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Anne Rice's Lasher (1993) is a witch fiction and demon fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in New Orleans, La. and New Orleans. It features Mayfair family, Rowan Mayfair and Michael Curry. It deals with christmas Mass, Protestantism, toxic shock syndrome and Hysterectomy.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 124 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 38 editions across 5 languages.

At about 590 pages, most readers finish it in 10–11 hours.

About Lasher

The Talamasca, documenters of paranormal activity, is on the hunt for the newly born Lasher. Mayfair women are dying from hemorrhages and a strange genetic anomaly has been found in Rowan and Michael. Lasher, born from Rowan, is another species altogether and now in the corporeal body, represents an incalcuable threat to the Mayfairs. Rowan and Lasher travel together to Houston and she becomes pregnant with another creature like him, a Taltos. Lasher seeks to reproduce his race in other women, but they cannot withstand it. Rowan escapes and becomes comatose as her fully-grown Taltos daughter is born. The Mayfairs declare all-out war on Lasher and try to nurse Rowan back to heatlth. Michael remains entwined in the Mayfair family and learns how he comes by his strange powers. Michael's ghostly visiting from a long-dead Mayfair reveals the importance of destroying Lasher. In the investigation, Lasher's origins are revealed, the new Taltos Emaleth returns, and the climax of death and life engulfs the family.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Mayfair family
  • Rowan Mayfair
  • Michael Curry
  • Mona Mayfair
  • Julien Mayfair
  • Lasher
  • Emaleth
  • Aaron
  • Anne Boleyn
  • Henry VIII

Subjects

  • Christmas Mass
  • Protestantism
  • Toxic shock syndrome
  • Hysterectomy
  • Coma
  • Hemorrhage
  • Hitchhiking
  • Polyploidy
  • Chromosomes
  • DNA
  • Miscarriage
  • Witches
  • Witchcraft
  • Witchcraft in fiction
  • Witches in fiction
  • Brujería

Quick answers

Who wrote Lasher?

Lasher was written by Anne Rice and first published in 1993.

What genre is Lasher?

It is usually shelved as Witch Fiction, Demons & Devils, Horror and Occult Fiction.

How long is Lasher?

The median edition has 590 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Lasher?

Readers who like it often enjoy Pearl in the Mist, The Vines and Deadly Night.

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