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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 “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead. Praise for The Queen of the Damned “Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.”—San Francisco Chronicle “With 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.”—Los Angeles Times “Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.”—USA Today “A tour de force.”—The Boston Globe
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"Ah, how satisfied I was with this novel, if I had any negative comments it would be that my beloved Lestat was not the narrative throughout the story as he has been before. I would have much preferred the entire story told in his voice, however that would have left the novel very empty so I understood its method and madness. The overall novel was just as devilish, frightening, beautiful and imaginative as I have come to expect from Ann Rice. I loved how so many of the favorite characters were reunited in this novel! The story of the red haired twins had me on the edge of mt seat and up all night reading chapter after chapter. I look forward fervently to the next installment!"
— Kayla (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Imaginative…intelligently written…This is popular fiction of the highest order.”
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“Mesmerizing…a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.”
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The Queen of the Damned Listener Reviews
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Codename Eric, 3/29/2017
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" Another excellent book and just like Interview with the Vampire, the book is much, much better than the movie. "
— Krista, 2/14/2014 -
" Please read my review of Interview with the Vampire which sums up my feelings for the first three books of Anne Rice's Vampires Chronicles. "
— Marvin, 2/12/2014 -
" This is the last one of the series I will read, this was getting less good. But the first two were GREAT. "
— Shellie, 2/9/2014 -
" This novel is the last real installment in the Vampire Chronicles and basically completes the new vampire mythology created by Anne Rice. If you've enjoyed the first two, read this one and stop. Subsequent vampire books by Rice have very little to do with anything other than her own personal fantasies and often have nothing to do with the established mythology she invented. "
— Marianne, 2/2/2014 -
" Anne is the BEST of the "Vampire Writers". She creates rich Characters in her novels with an incredible amount of detail.One of my Favorite types of writing styles is vividly detailed worlds that put you directly into the work as if you are living vicariously through the characters.She paints masterpieces with fine attention to detail and I LOVE the New Orleans setting.Forget about the movie, which was marginal at BEST (Tom Cruise for Lestat ?).READ the Book and you`ll forget the MOVIE even exists. "
— Gerry, 1/31/2014 -
" Loved it as a gothy teen. My favorite Anne Rice novel from that time period. PS The movie was horrible, and definitely I remember the book being much much better. It had to be, right? "
— Christina, 1/25/2014 -
" Not nearly as epic as everyone made it out to be before I read it, but overall a pretty enjoyable read. "
— Valerie, 1/23/2014 -
" My introduction to the vampire world of Anne Rice. This book builds to an amazing climax...less than half-way through the book, and then builds to an even more shattering climax at the end. Great storytelling. I love the historical and geographic sweep of her stories. "
— Claudia, 1/21/2014 -
" Much better than the movie!! "
— Sarah, 1/18/2014 -
" I liked this book better than the first two simply because there was more action. Akasha is a badass even if she IS a little crazy. "
— Chelsea, 1/14/2014 -
" One of my favorites from high school "
— Thomas, 1/1/2014 -
" I love it so much! My most fave part is the legend of the twins but overall it is a fun read. "
— Mirvan, 12/23/2013 -
" The first Rice book I ever read. I was home sick for 2 weeks, my Grandfathers receptionist sent it as a get well soon gift. It was my first glimpse into the world of Rices vampires, a view I would come to crave. Still my favorite of the Vampire Chronicles. "
— Tara, 12/22/2013 -
" I love Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. This was tense and exciting to the very end. "
— Dana, 12/16/2013 -
" i got a feeling that this book could be really better if anne rice gave more months of her attention to it. "
— Suellen, 12/13/2013 -
" my favourite of the vampire chronicles. there are a couple rough spots of course, but overall, it is brilliant. so much depth here. "
— Elithiya, 12/10/2013 -
" It was an interesting look at the story from more than one point of view. Glimpses of various characters gave their take on things as they saw them. Subjective as they may be, this third installment brought the first two books together. "
— Antoinette, 11/24/2013 -
" This book more or less reads like a bad acid trip. "
— Josh, 11/5/2013 -
" i puked all over myself when AR threw Louis to the curb. And she's a BillBanger. Eff her. "
— Swoww, 7/12/2013 -
" It is the third in the series, it is so confusing! DIfferent people are talking and you don't even know who they are. Some are never evern introduced in the book. Talk about confusing! But it's still really good! I am enjoying it throughly! "
— Sadie, 4/2/2013 -
" This is where it all went wrong. "
— Sarah, 1/5/2013 -
" I don't think I could ever say anything bad about Anne Rice, but so far this is my favorite of the Vampire Chronicles. It really pulls you in and I love the back story. "
— Jennifer, 11/26/2012 -
" I was really surprised to find that the movie was just about completely unequivolent to the book. It was a good book, though. "
— Tiffany, 10/25/2012 -
" Awesome story. It was much much better than the movie. The movie missed all of the fun supernatural stuff that really makes it worth while. The end made me miss little Claudia so.. "
— Kevin, 8/16/2012 -
" The vampire series started to lose its steam for me on this one. "
— Kami, 11/25/2011 -
" Ohh damn...Anne Rice couldn't possibly dig herself more of a hole. But Queen says otherwise. Taking it to the birth of Vampires, a bold move. And the relationship between Akasha and Lestat....is...amazing. That's all I will allow myself to say. "
— Chris, 8/26/2011 -
" Nothing to do with the movie... This is the very beggining of the vampires... "
— Kurisu, 8/2/2011 -
" Anne got really wierd here. But is interesting. "
— Tracey, 6/18/2011 -
" Not too bad, but a little romantic for me "
— Drew, 5/26/2011 -
" I am in love with each and every character. Anne Rice is the original vampire master. Twilight has nothing on this series. Don't get me wrong, I love Twilight too, but it just doesn't compare. "
— Michelle, 4/27/2011 -
" The best Vampire series ever written. Elegant, thoughtful, interesting, incredible characters and original storylines...all the qualities that Twilight lacks. "
— Michael, 1/7/2011 -
" love it.. thanks to this books i got so inlove with everything about vamps "
— Hadelly, 8/7/2010 -
" Take note, teens: This is a real vampire story. The sanitizing of vampires makes me want to puke. Go Team Lestat! Or if you can't, at least try LJ Smith who had the idea first and exectued it better. "
— Regina, 8/3/2010 -
" It made me look at vampires in a new light, and back before twilight it did feel a bit overtly-erotically charged, but looking back on it, at least the plot kept moving, and while depressing, it was so because of fate and not because of the apathy of the characters. "
— Kapmando, 7/22/2010 -
" I am just very much in love with Anne Rice. Oh yes, very. "
— Sarah, 5/22/2010 -
" Great story telling about Vampires. Gives you a lot of imagery. It gets you hooked at the very first paragraph. Would recommend you read these books "
— Belle, 5/2/2010 -
" OK, I am a vampire whore...what can I say? "
— Charlotte, 6/10/2009 -
" i thought that were 10 books, but, there are the new stories,, <br/>the most perfect vampire stories. love lestat the mostXD "
— Nichsa, 4/18/2009 -
" This was so me in 1998. I'm over it now. But Interview With the Vampire is 4/5 stars. "
— Andrea/Devin, 4/12/2009
About Anne Rice
Anne Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She holds a Master of Arts degree in English and creative writing from San Francisco State University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in political science. She is the author of over thirty books, including tales of the Mayfair Witches. Her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976 and has gone on to become part of one of the bestselling series of all time. She continued her saga of the Vampire Lestat in a series of books, collectively known as the Vampire Chronicles, which have had both great mainstream and cult followings. She lives in Palm Desert, California.
About Simon Vance
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.