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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Random House Inc
Publication date October 1, 1988
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780517052273
ISBN-10 051705227X
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $5.99
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The third novel in the Chronicle of the Vampires intertwines the stories of rockstar Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780394558233 Book cover for 9780517052273
 
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (October 1, 1988); titled "Queen of the Damned"
9780394558233 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $35.00
About: The third novel in the Chronicle of the Vampires intertwines the stories of rockstar Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood
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from Random House Inc (October 1, 1988); titled "Queen of the Damned"
9780517052273 | details & prices | List price $5.99
About: The third novel in the Chronicle of the Vampires intertwines the stories of rockstar Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood
Paperback
Book cover for 9780345351524 Book cover for 9780345419620
 
from Ballantine Books (October 1, 1997); titled "Queen of the Damned"
9780345419620 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Intertwines the stories of rock star and vampire Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood.
Reissue edition from Ballantine Books (October 1, 1993)
9780345351524 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $7.99
About: Intertwines the stories of rock star and vampire Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood
CD/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Random House (June 28, 2011)
9780307914088 | details & prices | List price $25.00
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780833563507 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.25 × 1.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $18.40
About: Intertwines the stories of rock star and vampire Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood

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