Prince Lestat
core novel 2014 The Vampire Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (25,324 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 458 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780307962522 |
| Internal chronology | 11 |
Synopsis
In Prince Lestat, the vampire world has fallen into turmoil, with a mysterious force apparently destroying vampires seemingly at random and unrest spreading among their kind as a result. Lestat de Lioncourt, who has spent years in a kind of self-imposed exile since the events of earlier books, is drawn back into vampire affairs and works to determine the source of the crisis and restore order before it can tear their society apart. Reuniting with old and new vampires alike, including Louis, Armand, Marius, and his own mother Gabrielle, Lestat confronts a challenge unlike anything the vampire world has faced in generations, forcing longtime rivals and allies to reckon with what unity among vampires might actually require.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Vampire Chronicles
- Series: The Vampire Chronicles core; position 11 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 11 of 13: previous Blood Canticle (2003) · next Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016)
Sources
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