Queen of the Damned

"With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida."-- Los Angeles Times In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to "save" mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat--in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead. Praise for The Queen of the Damned "Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order." -- USA Today "A tour de force." --The Boston Globe

"With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida."-- Los Angeles Times In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to "save" mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat--in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead. Praise for The Queen of the Damned "Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order." -- USA Today "A tour de force." --The Boston Globe

This standalone why choose is for the bookish girlies who love dark romance, poor life choices, and have their therapist on speed dial... BRIELLA I ran through the woods with my abusive ex hunting me-until I found them. Five masked men. They dismembered him, dragged me into their abandoned mine, and shattered me. The Initiation was meant to ruin me. They never expected me to survive. Now I'm trapped inside their off-the-grid compound, claimed by outlaws bound by blood and the kinship law of their leader, a literal psychopath. They call me their Queen. But I will have revenge. I'll break these chains. And then, I'll run-before their darkness devours me. I will never be theirs. And they will never be mine. THE DAMNED We are not heroes. We are monsters. We will never be redeemed. The alpha-a calculating killer with a law written in blood. The doctor-who stitches wounds and breaks bones in one breath. The damaged ex-fighter-held together by rage, scars, and ink. The sociopathic butcher-a rabid madhouse with no brakes. The axeman-who laughs while splitting men in two. She should have disappeared into the pit like the others. Instead, she bleeds with us. Laughs with us. Burns with us. And bites back. She was born for our darkness. And if she runs, we will hunt her down and drag her back to hell. If she chooses to rule, we will build her a throne of corpses. Because there is no freedom without chains. A morally-black, contemporary why choose romance for readers who fall for monsters, bleed in the dark, and find healing in the trauma. For mature readers only. - Standalone romance.