Blood Communion
core novel 2018 The Vampire Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (6,774 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 288 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780525433927 |
| Internal chronology | 13 |
Synopsis
Blood Communion follows Lestat de Lioncourt as he works to establish himself as Prince, a unifying leader meant to bring the fractured and often warring vampire world together into a single tribe rather than scattered, mutually suspicious factions. His efforts are complicated by Rhoshamandes, a dangerous and ancient rival vampire who resists Lestat's authority and poses a direct threat to the fragile order Lestat is trying to build. As Lestat navigates the political and personal challenges of vampire leadership, the novel follows his attempts to balance the demands of unifying a notoriously individualistic species against the immediate danger Rhoshamandes represents to that project.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Vampire Chronicles
- Series: The Vampire Chronicles core; position 13 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 13 of 13: previous Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016)
Sources
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