"A welcome chance to catch up with old friends...Fascinating...When we emerge from its folds, there's good news on the last page: 'The chronicle of the vampires will continue.' Yum."
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
A feat of mesmerizing storytelling, a chilling entertainment, THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED unleashes Akasha, the Queen herself, 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 Lestat--in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.
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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
From the Paperback edition."
-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
From the Paperback edition.
"Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology."--San Francisco Chronicle
Third volume in the bestselling Vampire Chronicles that starts with INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00100500236
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
UK hardback first impression. VG with faint partial whte ringmark to front board, in VG jacket, unclipped with a small nick to top of rear foldover. Seller Inventory # ABE-1775676016856
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£11.95). The third volume of The Vampire Chronicles. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, a few small marks, one small patch of clear tape repair/reinforcement to head of spine reverse (white side), the odd crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little pushing/bumping to corners (which has resulted in tiny loss/tiny tears), a little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps, few small scratches, little patchy creasing and is in only good condition. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, a little patchy rubbing to edges, the odd small bump and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are tanned. Very small crease to lower corner of a few pages. Odd small mark/scratch/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 010820
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