The Vampire Chronicles continue with a riveting, rich saga--partadventure, part suspense--of Prince Lestat and the story of the BloodCommunion as he tells the tale of his coming to rule the vampire worldand the eternal struggle to find belonging, a place in the universe forthe undead, and how, against his will, he must battle the menacing,seemingly unstoppable force determined to thwart his vision and destroythe entire vampire netherworld.In this spellbinding novel,Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, directly,intimately, passionately, and tells the mesmerizing story of theformation of the Blood Communion and how he became Prince of the vampireworld, the true ruler of this vast realm, and how his vision for allthe Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be.Thetale spills from Lestat's heart, as he speaks first of his newexistence as reigning monarch--and then of his fierce battle of wits andwords with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia,reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancientvampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha; Rhoshamandes, a demonspirit who refuses to live in harmony at the Court of Prince Lestat andthreatens all that Lestat has dreamt of.As the tale unfolds,Lestat takes us from the towers and battlements of his ancestral castlein the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lushLouisiana with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine;from the far reaches of the Pacific's untouched islands to the18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the EmpressCatherine . . .