The rock star known as Vampire Lestat, worshipped by millions of spellbound fans, prepares for a concert in San Francisco. Three brilliantly colored narrative threads intertwine as the story unfolds: In The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice continues her extraordinary "Vampire Chronicles" in a feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the oldest and most powerful forces of the night are unleashed on an unsuspecting world. in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat. In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire. , Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here
She has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind–in this vivid novel of the erotic, electrifying world of the undead. To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time.”Īkasha, the queen of the damned, has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night.
Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. His is a mesmerizing story–passionate and thrilling. Once an aristocrat from pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the decadent 1980s, Lestat rushes through the centuries seeking to fathom the mystery of his existence. Anne Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth–the education of the vampire.”
“A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller. A novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force, it is a story of danger and flight, love and loss, suspense and resolution, and the extraordinary power of the senses. Now, in one chilling volume, here are the first three classic novels of The Vampire Chronicles. It all began a quarter of a century ago with The hypnotic, deeply seductive novels of Anne Rice have captivated millions of fans around the world.
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