Anne Rice verkent meesterlijk de diepten van het menselijk bestaan via haar gotische en bovennatuurlijke romans. Haar schrijven duikt in tijdloze thema's zoals liefde, dood, onsterfelijkheid en de zoektocht naar betekenis. Rice combineert behendig historische settings met diepgaande filosofische vragen en onderzoekt de complexiteit van de menselijke conditie. Haar kenmerkende stem en provocerende verhalen hebben haar gevestigd als een van de meest invloedrijke vertellers van de moderne literatuur.
Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling.
In een hotelkamer in San Francisco interviewt een journalist een bleke jongeman die beweert dat hij een vampier is. De man, Louis genaamd, vertelt hem een angstwekkend en gepassioneerd verhaal over schoonheid en het eeuwige leven. Zijn dood, en meteen zijn geboorte als onsterfelijke, zou hebben plaatsgevonden in New Orleans van de negentiende eeuw. Louis vertelt hoe Lestat, zijn mentor, hem alles leert over zijn nieuwe gaven; zijn zwakheden en de ongeschreven wetten van de vampiermaatschappij. Dan ontmoet hij een eenzaam, onschuldig meisje. Louis wil haar eerst geen pijn doen, maar voor menselijke emoties is hij dan al te ver heen. Zij wordt zijn eerste slachtoffer en hij wijdt haar in, zoals Lestat hem ooit heeft ingewijd. Maar de machtige Lestat is jaloers... Dagboek van een onsterfelijke is het eerste deel van de vampierkronieken van Anne Rice
For the first time, the complete Mayfair Chronicles from #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice are collected together in a stylish three-book set--the inspiration for the hit television series. In this mesmerizing series, Anne Rice demonstrates her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend: The Witching Hour: A hypnotic tale of witchcraft and the occult that introduces a great dynasty of witches--a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being. Lasher: The beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, must flee from the darkly brutal yet irresistible demon known as Lasher. Taltos When Ashlar learns that another Taltos has been seen, he is suddenly propelled into the haunting world of the Mayfair family, the New Orleans dynasty of witches forever besieged by ghosts, spirits, and their own dizzying powers.
The "New York Times" bestselling first and second volumes in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles now join Ballantine's monthly "Special Low Price" mass market reissue program.
The mother of all vampires, Akasha, awakens after a 6,000 year slumber when she hears Lestat the vampire's music about her. She elevates herself to the level of the gods and vows to destroy Lestat.
Two Bestsellers in One Volume
The hypnotic, deeply seductive novels of Anne Rice have captivated millions of fans around the world. It all began a quarter of a century ago with Interview with the Vampire. Now, in one chilling volume, here are the first three classic novels of The Vampire Chronicles. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Witness the confessions of a vampire. A novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force, it is a story of danger and flight, love and loss, suspense and resolution, and the extraordinary power of the senses. THE VAMPIRE LESTAT Once an aristocrat from pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the decadent 1980s, Lestat rushes through the centuries seeking to fathom the mystery of his existence. His is a mesmerizing story–passionate and thrilling. QUEEN OF THE DAMNED Akasha, the queen of the damned, has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. She has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind–in this vivid novel of the erotic, electrifying world of the undead. --back cover
The vampire world is in crisis. Old vampires, roused from slumber in the earth are doing the bidding of a Voice commanding that they indiscriminately burn vampire-mavericks in cities across the globe, forcing a host of familiar characters must put aside their differences and fight for their survival. There's Louis de Pointe du Lac; the eternally young Armand; Mekare and Maharet, Pandora and Flavius; David Talbot, vampire and ultimate fixer from the secret Talamasca; and Marius, the true Child of the Millennia; and even the mysterious absent Lestat. Together, they embark on a search to discover who--or what--the Voice is, and discover the secret of its desires.
Here is the glorious and sinister life of Marius- patrician by birth, scholar by choice and one of the oldest vampires of them all. From his genesis in ancient Rome, to his present day meeting with Thorne, a Nordic vampire of snow and ice, we follow the story of this aristocratic killer.His is a tale that spans the breadth of time. When the Visigoths sack his city, Marius is there; with the resurgence of the glory of Rome, he is there, still searching for his lost love Pandora, he even entertains an obsession with Botticelli. So prevalent is Marius that it is he who gives the dark gift to the illustrious vampire Armand.Intertwined with the stories of Rice's magnificent Pantheon of the undead, haunted by Pandora and by his alter ego Mael and tracked by the ominous Talamasca, this account of Marius is the most wondrous and mind-blowing of them all.
