The Witching Hour is a 1990 epic gothic horror novel by legendary author Anne Rice. It is the massive first book in her Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy, spanning over 1,000 pages and chronicling four centuries of a cursed New Orleans dynasty.

Rowan Mayfair is special.
A brilliant neurosurgeon with a hidden legacy, she’s unaware that she’s a descendent of an ancient witch bloodline.

Michael Curry was dead.
When a drowned body washes up on the coast of California, Rowan finds him one day and brings him back to life.

Now, he lives with a mysterious and terrifying new power.

Drawn together by a fierce and irresistible bond, they must dive into the secrets that surround them both.

And when dark truths are uncovered, the witching hour begins.