| Lestat, the 200-year-old vampire brat "prince" from "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat" has decided to join a band and call all other vampires to him by telling vampire secrets and by acting as a symbol of evil. Little does he know that his music has awakened the first vampire, Akasha, who wants to make her dream world, with no violence or poverty, a reality and who has fallen in love with Lestat.
Akasha kills every vampire who Lestat doesn't love, or who she can't kill, or who she has some reason for keeping alive. Meanwhile, those vampires who are left gather together to hear the fourth oldest vampire Maharet's story of how she and her her twin sister were kidnapped and almost killed by Akasha for their society's practice of cannabalism and were turned by the third oldest vampire, Khayman, who is also at the gathering. Louis, the vampire Lestat turned and loves, and Gabrelle, Lestat's mother, who he also turned, are also at the gathering, but they don't agree with the older vampires' conclusion that if they have to, they must kill Lestat to kill Akasha, since Lestat is protecting Akasha as she teaches him more vampire talents. Killing Akasha proves another problem, for as the older vampires know, it's been tried before, killing every young vampire and causing the others to feel like they were dying. Mekare, Maharet's twin sister, who went to sleep and went insane, was awakened by the knowledge that Akasha awoke, and is coming to get her revenge on the vampire queen, whom she entitled, in her last words of a bitter curse (Akasha cut out her tongue) "Queen of the Damned." | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes magical powers: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Descript. of chases or violence - 20 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - long lived adults If magical mental powers: - fire/lightning/weather cntrl - telekinesis - mind reading - clairvoyant - super strength - can fly - is very quick - can read emotions - healing Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Has magical powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - telekinesis - mind reading - clairvoyant - super strength - can fly - can read emotions - is very quick Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Earth setting: - 20th century - general past Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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