Blackwood Farm
core novel 2002 The Vampire Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (35,384 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 774 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780375411991 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Blackwood Farm follows Tarquin "Quinn" Blackwood, heir to a prominent and eccentric New Orleans family, who has been tormented since early childhood by a malevolent, ever-present spirit he calls Goblin. After being turned into a vampire himself, Quinn finds that Goblin's presence has grown even more dangerous and difficult to control, prompting him to seek out Lestat de Lioncourt in hopes that Lestat's greater experience can help him rid himself of the entity for good. As Quinn pursues Lestat's help, he simultaneously digs into his own family's tangled and often disturbing history, uncovering secrets about the Blackwoods that may be connected to Goblin's origins.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Vampire Chronicles
- Series: The Vampire Chronicles core; position 9 of 13 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anne Rice
Notes
- From the series record (The Vampire Chronicles): A continuous, decades-spanning narrative of vampire immortals told mostly through Louis and Lestat, running from the author's 1976 debut to her final volume in 2018; treated as complete following the author's death in December 2021.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Vampire Chronicles: position 9 of 13: previous Blood and Gold (2001) · next Blood Canticle (2003)
Sources
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