This tale of a tormented musical genius moves across time and place, from 19th-century New Orleans to the Rio de Janeiro of the late 1990s. It traces three charismatic figures, bound to one another by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, or liberation.
This tale of a tormented musical genius moves across time and place, from 19th-century New Orleans to the Rio de Janeiro of the late 1990s. It traces ...
Set in New Orleans before the American Civil War, this is the story of the Free People of Color, descended from slaves, and their French and Spanish owners. Among their number is Marcel, an artist in the making, also his gentle sister Marie and Anna Bella, a beautiful young courtesan.
Set in New Orleans before the American Civil War, this is the story of the Free People of Color, descended from slaves, and their French and Spanish o...
In this first of a series, David Talbot, vampire survivor of Memnoch the Devil, calls forth Pandora, last seen in Queen of the Damned, to tell her own extraordinary tale. Once a mortal girl in ancient Rome, she was given immortality by Marius, her lover and the dark genius of the Lestat novels.
In this first of a series, David Talbot, vampire survivor of Memnoch the Devil, calls forth Pandora, last seen in Queen of the Damned, to tell her own...
Sixteen-year-old Vittorio, sole survivor of a violent massacre at his father's Tuscan hilltop palazzo, escapes to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici seeking vengeance. He has been saved from death by a mysterious woman, only to find himself at the mercy of demonic and bloody nightmares.
Sixteen-year-old Vittorio, sole survivor of a violent massacre at his father's Tuscan hilltop palazzo, escapes to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici see...
In Israel, in the turbulent first century, a baby is born to a humble Jewish family - but to a great destiny. The tyrannical rule of King Herod has driven the family from the Holy Land to the relative safety of cosmopolitan Alexandria. But on Herod's death, they decide to return home to Israel, to Galilee, a troubled land under Roman occupation.
In Israel, in the turbulent first century, a baby is born to a humble Jewish family - but to a great destiny. The tyrannical rule of King Herod has dr...
In eighteenth-century Italy, the Castrati recreated heaven on earth. Their exquisite voices soared above the glittering world of courtiers and nobility. Tonio, of noble birth, is the victim of a vengeful brother. Disinherited and forced to join the ranks of the Castrati, he plans his revenge while striving to become the greatest of all singers.
In eighteenth-century Italy, the Castrati recreated heaven on earth. Their exquisite voices soared above the glittering world of courtiers and nobilit...
Toby O'Dare - Lucky the Fox - a contract killer of underground fame. A soulless soul, a dead man walking. He's fallen far from grace, and lives under a series of aliases. Lucky takes his orders from someone he calls 'The Right Man', someone whose name and allegiances he doesn't know, who carries out a life of violence.
Toby O'Dare - Lucky the Fox - a contract killer of underground fame. A soulless soul, a dead man walking. He's fallen far from grace, and lives under ...
Anne Rice's 'Of Love and Evil' summons the world of 15th century Rome: a city of beauty and terror, of art and sin. In this setting setting Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is called upon by the angel Malchiah, to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to seek out the truth behind the presence of an earthbound restless spirit.
Anne Rice's 'Of Love and Evil' summons the world of 15th century Rome: a city of beauty and terror, of art and sin. In this setting setting Toby O'Dar...
It is the beginning of December and it is cold and grey outside. In the stately flickering hearths of the grand mansion of Nideck Point, oak fires are burning. The Morphenkinder are busy getting ready for the ancient pagan feast of midwinter. Everyone is invited - including some of their own who do not wish them well.
It is the beginning of December and it is cold and grey outside. In the stately flickering hearths of the grand mansion of Nideck Point, oak fires are...
V Princi Lestatovi, dlouho očekávaném návratu do říše Upířích kronik, znovu ožívá neodolatelný svět duchů, nejstarších a nejmocnějších sil mezi nebem a zemí. Tam patří i nezkrotný, neviditelný Amel, jehož žízeň po lidské krvi ohrožuje nesmrtelné nemrtvé po celém světě. Anne Riceová pokračuje tam, kde před více než čtvrt stoletím v mimořádně působivé Královně prokletých a Upíru Lestatovi skončila, aby vytvořila nový výjimečný okruh duchů a sil – postavy, legendu a tradici všech Upířích kronik. Román se přesouvá ze...
V Princi Lestatovi, dlouho očekávaném návratu do říše Upířích kronik, znovu ožívá neodolatelný svět duchů, nejstarších a nejmocněj...
