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The
third book in The Vampire Chronicles, The Queen of the
Damned, follows three parallel storylines.
The
rock star Vampire Lestat prepares for a concert in San Francisco,
unaware that hundreds of vampires will be among the fans that
night and that they are committed to destroying him for risking
exposing them all.
The
sleep of a group of men and women, vampires and mortals, around
the world is disturbed by a mysterious dream of red-haired
twins who suffer an unspeakable tragedy. The dreamers, as
if pulled, move toward each other, the nightmare becoming
clearer the closer they get. Some die on the way, some live
to face they terrifying fate their pilgrimage is building
to.
Lestat's
journey to a cavern deep beneath a Greek Island on his quest
for the origins of the vampire race awakened Akasha, Queen
of the Damned and mother of all vampires, from her 6,000-year
sleep. Awake and angry, Akasha plans to save mankind from
itself by elevating herself and her chosen son/lover to the
level of the gods.
As
these three threads wind seamlessly together, the origins
and culture of vampires are revealed, as is the length and
breadth of their effect on the mortal world. The threads are
brought together in the twentieth century when the fate of
the living and the living dead is rewritten.
Source:
annerice.com
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