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 βsaveβ mankind and destroy the vampire Lestatβin this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.
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Praise for The Queen of the Damned
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βMesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.ββSan Francisco Chronicle
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βWith 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.ββLos Angeles Times
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βImaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.ββUSA Today
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βA tour de force.ββThe Boston Globe
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