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I am an avid Anne Rice reader. I await her books with impatience and I love to revel in her older stories (I cannot count how many times I have read Interview). I love to go back to Lestat's stories, how he came to be, what has happened to him. The Queen Of The Damned picks up where The Vampire Lestat left us and the book is a joyride into vampire and Egyptian mythology, as well as in eroticsm and darkness.

The Queen of The Damned as awakend and she is killing off all of the earth's vampires, save for Lestat's covent. She has a purpose; to get rid of the men of the earth in order to find peace in the world. She wants to destroy violence and create a pure world which she will rule. She kidnaps Lestat in the hopes that he will join her in her quest.

The tale spirals from every corners of the world, going from mythic Egypt to today's modern rock-scene world. Anne Rice brings the stake to a whole new level with this book; although I just can't imagine how they will turn this story into a movie. There are so many wonderful characters (old ones like Louis, Arman and Marius as well as new ones like Jesse, David and Khayman) and Rice's narritive style is so poingnant that this is one book you will not want to see end.

Anne Rice has reinvented the mythology behind the idea of vampires with this book. She gives them a new origin and a new form, and I quite enjoyed her vision. No one writes vampire literature like Anne Rice does. This is one book that you will keep coming back to time and time again.

Queen of the Damned tells about the much loved two hundred year old vampire, Lestat de Lioncourt, who finds himself in the middle of a vampire war. Queen of the Damned is the third book in the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. The first book was Interview with the Vampire, and was followed by The Vampire Lestat. I recommend you read both of these books before you read Queen of the Damned, to get the appropriate background. In Queen of the Damned, Lestat has just made his Hollywood debut. He has penned an autobiography, entiltled The Vampire Lestat. He has started a band(also called The Vampire Lestat), and has set a date for a concert on Halloween. His fans aren't the only ones to be there- vampires who want to punish Lestat for his outwardness towards mortals will also be in attendence. Unbeknownst to him, Lestat's loud music has woken the ancient vampire King Enkil and Queen Akasha from their millenia long slumber. Akasha immeadiatly starts on a plan to stop all vampires and to save mankind- or rather, womankind. As in The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned is narrated by Lestat. But unlike 'Lestat, Queen of the Damned includes side views and stories by others observers, and after all the events were over, told Lestat the story. If you like this book, I suggest to you the other Vampire Chronicles, and other Anne Rice books, such as Lasher, The Witching Hour, and Pandora.

Compared to 'The Vampire Lestat,' this story is not nearly as good. There are tons of random characters in this story that eventually come together and effect the story as a whole, but it gets confusing for quite awhile. Also, the ending of the book is a little disappointing. When the climax actually happens, you find yourself looking for extra pages. Is that all? It was kind of a let down, although Rice does a fabulous job in the sections where Lestat and Akasha are spending time together. I was really able to visualize the mass island murders. A good book, but not as good as her first two.