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The Vampire Armand : The Vampire Chronicles
by Anne Rice |
| The story begins in the aftermath of Memnoch the Devil. Vampires from all over the globe have gathered around Lestat, who lies prostrate on the floor of a cathedral. Dead? In a coma? As Armand reflects on Lestat's condition, he is drawn by David Talbot to tell the story of his own life. The narrative abruptly rushes back to 15th-century Constantinople, and the Armand of the present recounts the fragmented memories of his childhood abduction from Kiev. Eventually, he is sold to a Venetian artist (and vampire), Marius. Rice revels in descriptions of the sensual relationship between the young and still-mortal Armand and his vampiric mentor. But when Armand is finally transformed, the tone of the book dramatically shifts. Raw and sexually explicit scenes are displaced by Armand's introspective quest for a union of his Russian Orthodox childhood, his hedonistic life with Marius, and his newly acquired immortality. These final chapters remind one of the archetypal significance of Rice's vampires; at their best, Armand, Lestat, and Marius offer keen insights into the most human of concerns.
Audio version also available (4 cassettes) - narrator Alfred Molina (Boogie Nights) |
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Pandora : New Tales of the Vampires
by Anne Rice |
| Anne Rice is at last back on form again with this eagerly awaited return to her Vampire work. The first in a series of novels linked together by the fledging vampire David Talbot, who has set out to become a chronicler, as he was in life for the Talamascar. David meets Pandora, and persuades her to write for him the story of her life--from her mortal girlhood in Rome to her perilous journey to the Vampire Marius, who bestows on her the Dark Gift, and through their two centuries together. |
Also Try the Tales of the Mayfair Witches:
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| The Witching Hour by Anne Rice |
| The blockbuster that spent three months on the New York Times bestseller list (with more than 500,000 hardcovers in print.) Anne Rice can certainly make your toes curl up. This is the one to go for first - her deliciously horrifying best. |
