Lestat is obsessed by Roger Flynn, a handsome billionaire cocaine smuggler. Rice's richly descriptive latestthe best plotted of the seriesis less horror novel than a knockoff of Dostoevsky's theological battles. With its vast scope and epic scale, its themes of blood and redemption, temptation and damnation, Memnoch, the Devil takes the Vampire Lestat to new and mesmerizing heights. Memnoch The Devil by Anne Rice - Penguin Books Australia Play sample Published: 29 April 2010 ISBN: 9780099548133 Imprint: Arrow Format: Paperback Pages: 416 RRP: 24. The fifth volume in the Vampire Lestat chronicles (The Tale of the Body Thief, etc.) finds Lestat pitted against the greatest adversaries of his bloody life: God and the Devil. And to the very gates of Hell.Īt the mercy of terrible forces and his own demons, Lestat Will need more than the power of a holy relic, more even than Dora's unshakeable faith, if he is to be saved.
Infinitely more powerful, more terrifying, more dangerously seductive than any vampire, Memnoch whirls Lestat on an apocalyptic journey through time and space to the dawn of humankind, to fourteenth- century Constantinople, Jerusalem in the days of Christ. Memnoch the Devil takes Lestat on an extremely long tour of the past, creation, angels, evolution, the passion of Christ and more because he has a job proposition for the Brat Prince Memnoch the Devil, also known as the Bible according to Anne Rice or Anne Rice’s theological musings. In a momentous confrontation, Lestat is brought face to face with Memnoch, the Devil himself. But his obsession with Roger, a sophisticated drug lord - whose beautiful and saintly daughter Dora fascinates him even more - is plagued by the sense that Lestat, too, is being stalked, like one of his own victims. Lestat, perfect vampire and eternal rebel, so gifted for evil yet so drawn by goodness, seeking constantly to justify the nature he abhors, makes his most reckless challenge ever - to defy both God and the Devil!Īmid the luxury and decay of present- day New York, Lestat chooses his victims with care, taking only those truly evil humans he can also love. Follow the Author Anne Rice Memnoch the Devil (Vampire Chronicles, Book 5) Paperback Jby Anne Rice (Author) 1,356 ratings Book 5 of 13: Vampire Chronicles See all formats and editions Kindle 8.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. It will be used in a way that qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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