The young reporter who interviewed Louis is a real life author in this world, and the band Lestat forms actually have music videos that play on MTV regularly, hence how the other vampires in the world learned about his existence and rule breaking in the last book. This story takes place in a world where both Interview With the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat are actual books that were published and read by millions. I didn’t note this in my last Vampire Chronicles review, but both this book and its predecessor get a little meta. However, after having read the last two books of the series, I was more than prepared for what would happen in this book. I remember trying to read this in high school, but since I hadn’t read The Vampire Lestat (which you pretty much have to in order to read this), the bits I did get through didn’t make much sense. It seems my magic hats have been on some sort of vampire trend as of late, what with all the vampire books I’ve drawn for review. It is a dream that slowly, tauntingly reveals its meaning to the dreamers as they make their way toward each other, some to be destroyed on the journey, some to face an even more terrifying fate at journey’s end.Īkasha, Queen of the Damned, mother of all vampires, rises after a 6,000 year sleep and puts into motion a heinous plan to “save” mankind from itself and make “all myths of the world real” by elevating herself and her chosen son/lover to the level of the gods. The sleep of certain men and women–vampires and mortals scattered around the world–is haunted by a vivid, mysterious dream: twins with fiery red hair and piercing green eyes who suffer an unspeakable tragedy.

Among the audience are hundreds of vampires, fiends themselves who hate Lestat’s power and are determined to destroy him. The rock star known as the Vampire Lestat, worshipped by millions of spellbound fans, prepares for a concert in San Francisco. Publication: October 1989 (originally 1988)

Queen of the damned novel