Lestat, the vampire hero of Anne Rice's enthralling novel, is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France and now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him and answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying existence. His is a mesmerizing story — passionate, complex, and thrilling.