The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, No. 3) by R

ISBN: 0345351525

Author: Rice, Anne

Condition: new

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