Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat: 13 (Vampire Chronicles) - Hardcover

Rice, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1524732648 ISBN 13: 9781524732646

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group, 2018

Synopsis

In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, telling us the mesmerizing story of how he became prince of the vampire world, and of the formation of the Blood Communion, and how his vision for the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be.

Lestat takes us from his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana, with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific's untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine. He speaks of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha, who refuses to live in harmony at court and who threatens all Lestat has dreamt of . . .

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Review:

Praise for Anne Rice and The Vampire Chronicles:

"[Rice's] undead characters are utterly alive." --The New York Times Book Review

"No one writing today matches [Anne Rice's] deftness with the erotic." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Fans old and new will find this book an effusive celebration of a saga now more than forty years in the making." --Publishers Weekly

"Bloody marvelous." --Time

"Rice never lost touch with the exuberant, often witty, and always fearless voice of irrepressible vampire Lestat de Lioncourt." --BookPage

"Immense and rich." --Elle

"Anne Rice is the queen of sexy vampire fiction." --Cosmopolitan

"Lestat is . . . an engaging character who manages to live up to his own hype." --The Boston Globe

"Popular fiction of the highest order." --USA Today

From the Back Cover:

The Vampire Chronicles continue with a riveting, rich saga--part adventure, part suspense--of Prince Lestat and the story of the Blood Communion as he tells the tale of his coming to rule the vampire world and the eternal struggle to find belonging, a place in the universe for the undead, and how, against his will, he must battle the menacing, seemingly unstoppable force determined to thwart his vision and destroy the entire vampire netherworld. In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, directly, intimately, passionately, and tells the mesmerizing story of the formation of the Blood Communion and how he became Prince of the vampire world, the true ruler of this vast realm, and how his vision for all the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be. The tale spills from Lestat's heart, as he speaks first of his new existence as reigning monarch--and then of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha; Rhoshamandes, a demon spirit who refuses to live in harmony at the Court of Prince Lestat and threatens all that Lestat has dreamt of. As the tale unfolds, Lestat takes us from the towers and battlements of his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific's untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1524732648
• ISBN 13: 9781524732646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272