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Memnoch the Devil is an adult supernatural horror novel from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series, dense with mature theological and philosophical themes. The narrative explores religious cosmology through a vampire's perspective and includes graphic depictions of violence, sexual content, and existential horror unsuitable for younger readers. This is firmly an adult novel requiring familiarity with Rice's vampire mythology and comfort with explicit content and dark religious questioning.
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Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic mortal daughter of a drug lord. Dora has moved Lestat like no other mortal ever has, and he cannot get her out of his visions. At the same time, he is increasingly aware that the Devil knows who he is and wants something from him. While torn betwen his vampire... Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic mortal daughter of a drug lord. Dora has moved Lestat like no other mortal ever has, and he cannot get her out of his visions. At the same time, he is increasingly aware that the Devil knows who he is and wants something from him. While torn betwen his vampire world and his passion for Dora, Lestat is sucked in by Memnoch, who claims to be the Devil himself. Memnoch presents Lestat with unimagined opportunities: to witness creation, to visit purgatory, to be treated like a prophet. Lestat faces a choice between the Devil or God. Whom does he believe in? Who does he serve? What are the element of religious belief? Lestat finds himself caught in a whirlpool of the ultimate choice.
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- cosmology
- theology
- Christians
- Bible
- Saint Veronica's Veil
- crucifixion
- revelation
- television evangelists
- mobsters
- Vampire Chronicles
- science fiction & fantasy
- horror fiction
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ISBN 9780963192547 · B E Trice Pub