Prince Lestat sees the triumphant return of
everyone’s favourite vampire rock star and the triumphant return of the queen
of the gothic romance Anne Rice. Written in Rice’s unmistakeable and inimitable
baroque style the story travels across the globe as a new threat rises for the
children of the blood. They are once again increasing in number but with so many
new and untaught fledglings threatening to expose and weaken the vampire world,
the old ones are roused but so too is a mysterious Voice which seems able to
control and manipulate even the most powerful of vampires commanding them to
destroy the many fledglings that proliferate in cities from Mumbai to San Francisco.
As these massacres take place many of the blood drinkers call out to unite, seeking
as leader the rebel Prince; Lestat but will he heed the call.? This book brings
together the stories of many of the characters from earlier Vampire chronicles
including Armand, Louis and Marius helping to fill in the gaps since we last
saw them, as well as introducing a host of newer characters. If your only
experience of vampire fiction is Twilight then this will be a revelation and
while I would recommend reading the previous chronicles if only to savour the
decadence of Rice’s wonderful writing this book could be read as a standalone
novel.
Available now in hardback
and e-book from Chatto & Windus to whom I am grateful for a review copy.
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