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The Queen of the Damned

The Vampire Chronicles, Book 3

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The Queen of the Damned

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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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.

©1988 Anne Rice (P)2011 Random House Audio Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Psychological Scary Paranormal Vampire

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Critic reviews

“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)
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good book but a bit weird with all the broken monologues but a good book.

good book

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I can not turn these audiobooks off . Now for book four 🥰
Enjoying so so much

O obsessed

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I really like this book and the audiobook is just as enjoyable recommend to anyone

enjoyable

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This book picks up the cliffhanger of The Vampire Lestat, and while it sets up an apocalyptic conflict in the present, most of the novel is world building, including the origin of vampires, which demystifies them quite a bit. The final conflict is mainly resolved as a philosophical debate with the villain. Still, the new characters are good and it's a compelling world, but it lacks the gothic melancholy that made Interview with the Vampire so great.

Mostly world building

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loving this series of audio books, i would definitely recommend them to anyone who is interested in supernatural fiction

a great listen

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loved all three books from beginning to end, passionately narrated, I recommend this one whole heartedly

great conclusion to a wonderful trilogy

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A very listen from start to finish, the story is one of my favourites of the chronicles. It is well read by Simon Vance which also makes a pleasant listen, I look forward to others in the series.

Very enjoyable.

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Always enjoy Anne Rice, and the sorrow at losing her this year is only equalled by the satisfaction of knowing she left us all the books we could ever want. Sharp, exciting and with a genuine ear for dialogue, she weaves a modern tale from ancient characters and does it in such a way that we can read her work easily and in swathes or bites, whatever you prefer.

Classic

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I can't tell you how many times I have listened to vampire lestat but I never get board with it.

A favourite of mine

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The 3rd part of the vampire chronicles lives up to the standards of the previous novels but has a more philosophical tone.

Great follow up to the Vampire Lestat

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