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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 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. Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

Queen of the damned books in order