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The Queen of the Damned
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In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to "save" mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat--in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.
Praise for The Queen of the Damned
"Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology."--San Francisco Chronicle
"With The Queen of the Damned, 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."--Los Angeles Times
"Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order."--USA Today
"A tour de force."--The Boston Globe
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780345351524
EAN:
9780345351524
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Pages:
512
Authors:
Anne Rice
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Published Date: 1989-13-09
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Who knew Queen of the Damned was coming? This novel by far is one of the fastest moving complex plots of our modern day. I picked up this book expecting just another low energy serial novel that put me to sleep at night, instead I was dropped into the world of Anne Rice's vampires. This book has so many plots that one struggles to think how all of them will wind together. With all of the plots, Rice paints a complete world and complete characters: no holes, no unanswered questions. Rice shows that she can describe a poor southern rape victim with as much emotion and vivd detail as she can describe a billionare vampire falling in a vampire's sort of love. I loved being wisked from one part of the world to another completely different one. Anne Rice encapsulates the essence of our world in her world and she includes everything we cherish and everything we rather leave out.This multiple character drama stands in a class of its own, and I've looked and have not really found anything that has as many fast moving plots each with its own singular twists and turns. This book is a beautiful tapestry made by weaving together a perfect number of plot strings: a great read for Rice fans and anyone looking for a fast moving intellectual novel
This is probably my favourite of all the writings of the Vampire Chronicles. Extremely difficult to put down. Storytelling perfection!
Better than the first book of the series
This book is about the Queen, but it mostly has to do with how her actions and "philosophy" impact Lestat. In some ways (such as the Queen's tendency for mindless killing) he is affected to the very core of his being. In other ways, however, Lestat realizes that he hasn't changed a bit. He has remained the same. His basic concept of the meaning of life has grown stronger. His positive outlook is still what makes him who he is. The Queen's appetite for destruction didn't take away Lestat's ego or his passion for living. Our wildly beautiful monster is still ready to continue his adventurous life with reckless abandon.
I paid for a new copy, but the book came damaged. Bends and rips on the front and back of the cover. The delivery box was not damaged.
