<b><i>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 </i>Interview with the Vampire<i>. Now, in one chilling volume, here are the first three classic novels of The Vampire Chronicles.<br></i></b><br><b>INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE<br></b>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.<br><br><b>"A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller . . . Anne Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth-the education of the vampire."<br>-<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br><b><br>THE VAMPIRE LESTAT<br></b>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.<br><br><b>"Frightening, sensual . . . A psychological, mythological sojourn . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time."<br><i>-San Francisco Chronicle</i><br><br>QUEEN OF THE DAMNED<br></b>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.<br><br><b>"With <i>The Queen of the Damned</i>, 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."<br>-<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br><br></b><br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>
