Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis - (Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice (Paperback)

About the Book

The vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, hero, leader, inspirer, irresistible force, irrepressible spirit, battles a strange otherworldly form that has somehow taken possession of Lestat's undead body and soul. It is through this spirit, previously considered benign for thousands of vampire years and throughout the Vampire Chronicles, that we learn the tale of a great sea power of ancient times; a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent -- and of how and why this force came to build and rule the great legendary empire of centuries ago that thrived in the Atlantic Ocean. And as we learn of the mighty, far-reaching powers and perfections of this lost kingdom of Atalantaya, the lost realms of Atlantis, we come to understand its secrets, and how and why the vampire Lestat, indeed all the vampires, must reckon so many millennia later with the terrifying force of this ageless, all-powerful Atalantaya spirit.

Book Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this ambitious, rich vampire novel of vision and power, the indomitable vampire hero, Lestat de Lioncourt, returns ... caught up in an urgent and fundamental quest to understand the origins of the Undead and the deeper meanings of existence for both mortals and immortals.

"In my dreams, I saw a city fall into the sea . . . And all the world was shaken . . ."

Now Lestat, Prince of the vast tribe of the undead, finds himself at war with a strange, ancient, otherworldly form that has somehow taken possession of his immortal body and spirit, and it is through this perilous and profound struggle that we come to be told the hypnotic tale of a great sea power of ancient times: a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent in the Atlantic Ocean.

As we learn of the mighty, resonant powers and perfections of this lost kingdom of Atalantaya, the lost realms of Atlantis, we come to understand how and why the vampire Lestat, indeed all the vampires, must reckon so many millennia later with the terrifying force of this ageless, all-powerful Atalantaya spirit. An exhilarating novel that deepens Rice's vampire mythology as it brings together the ancient worlds and beings of the Vampire Chronicles and opens up to us a whole new universe of characters, history, storytelling, and legend.

Review Quotes

Praise for Anne Rice's Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

"A dark fairy tale. . . . One of Rice's most imaginative tales yet." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

"Remarkable . . . Prepare to have your imagination shaken. Rice has constructed a wholly original view of Atlantis, and, like all of her luscious descriptions, it will leave you craving for more." --Bookreporter

"Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis will undoubtedly win Rice new fans and welcome back old ones." --New York Journal of Books

"Alluring. . . . Rice invites us to look carefully at our society and consider what we are carrying along with us simply by virtue of the path on which we arrived. . . . Powerful and thought-provoking. . . . We recommend it unreservedly." --Pop Mythology

"Rice exhibits tremendous skill in making the impossible seem not only possible but logical. She sets up a nail-biting dilemma involving the continued existence of vampires, and the second half of the book roars satisfyingly past." --Publishers Weekly

"Anne Rice is the queen of sexy vampire fiction." --Cosmopolitan

"A few pages in, I was sold. . . . Suave, complex. . . . I will always be so grateful that Anne has given me another opportunity to follow the adventures of this very intriguing vampire." --Carol Hoenig, Huffington Post

About the Author

ANNE RICE is the author of thirty-seven books. She died in 2021.