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The Queen of the Damned

By Anne Rice

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| Paperback | 9780345419620

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In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat.  In The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice continues her extraordinaryContinue

In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat.  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.

Three brilliantly colored narrative threads intertwine as the story unfolds:

- The rock star known as Vampire Lestat, worshipped by millions of spellbound fans, prepares for a concert in San Francisco.  Among the audience--pilgrims in a blind swoon of adoration--are hundreds of vampires, creatures who see Lestat as a "greedy fiend risking the secret prosperity of all his kind just to be loved and seen by mortals," fiends themselves who hate Lestat's power and who are determined to destroy him . . .

- The sleep of certain men and women--vampires and mortals scattered around the world--is haunted by a vivid, mysterious dream: of twins with fiery red hair and piercing green eyes who suffer an unspeakable tragedy.  It is a dream that slowly, tauntingly reveals its meaning to the dreamers as they make their way toward each other--some to be destroyed on the journey, some to face an even more terrifying fate at journey's end . . .

- Akasha--Queen of the Damned, mother of all vampires, rises after a 6,000 year sleep and puts into motion a heinous plan to "save" mankind from itself and make "all myths of the world real" by elevating herself and her chosen son/lover to the level of the gods: "I am the fulfillment and I shall from this moment be the cause" . . .

These narrative threads wind sinuously across a vast, richly detailed tapestry of the violent, sensual world of vampirism, taking us back 6,000 years to its beginnings.  As the stories of the "first brood" of blood drinkers are revealed, we are swept across the ages, from Egypt to South America to the Himalayas to all the shrouded corners of the globe where vampires have left their mark. Vampires are created--mortals succumbing to the sensation of "being enptied, of being devoured, of being nothing." Vampires are destroyed.  Dark rituals are performed--the rituals of ancient creatures prowling the modern world.  And, finally, we are brought to a moment in the twentieth century when, in an astonishing climax, the fate of the living dead--and perhaps of the living, all the living--will be decided.


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    A clever book as instead of one single plot surrounding an event from one point of view, Rice has written a well constructed story from the point of view of different characters in the series as well as side storied leading up to Lestat's performance and the downfall of the Queen and the Red Haired ... (continue)

    A clever book as instead of one single plot surrounding an event from one point of view, Rice has written a well constructed story from the point of view of different characters in the series as well as side storied leading up to Lestat's performance and the downfall of the Queen and the Red Haired Twins succession.

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    xYoshiiiiox said on Jun 20, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Best of the First Three

    I have just finished the first three in the Vampire Chronicles series. This is by far the best. A little gory but what do you expect. The story of the red twins is enough by itself. Imaginative explanation of what happened to create vampires. Nice break from Vlad - no mention of him. I am goin ... (continue)

    I have just finished the first three in the Vampire Chronicles series. This is by far the best. A little gory but what do you expect. The story of the red twins is enough by itself. Imaginative explanation of what happened to create vampires. Nice break from Vlad - no mention of him. I am going to wait before reading The Tale of the Body Thief which is next.

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    Bibliophile said on Apr 19, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I'm usually pretty into supernatural and vampire books, but for some reason this one just did not impress me. The story was hard to follow, in part because it was told from so many different character points of view. Disappointing.

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    Heather Landry said on Dec 22, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Third in the series - The Vampire Chronicles

    Unquestionably my favorite Anne Rice book to date. I just love how she created such a history for the vampires, describing how the first one came about thousands of years ago. And the very old one who has kept herself going by keeping a family tree and following her HUGE family for thousands of ye ... (continue)

    Unquestionably my favorite Anne Rice book to date. I just love how she created such a history for the vampires, describing how the first one came about thousands of years ago. And the very old one who has kept herself going by keeping a family tree and following her HUGE family for thousands of years intrigued me to no end.

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    Bashful said on Aug 25, 2008 | Add your feedback

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    The Movie Sucked!

    It is nothing like the movie. The movie ruined the plot and characters of the book. If you have seen the movie you probably won't like the book.

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    emybites* said on May 3, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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