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Fifth volume of the Vampire Chronicles, released in 1995
Foreign translations
Memnoch der Teufel(German),
Memnoch el Demonio(Spanish),
Memnoch le Demon(French)
Notable characters
Armand, David, Dora, Lestat, Memnoch, Roger
The original title was
Of Heaven and Hell
Interesting fact
Memnoch the Devil is Anne Rice's personal favourite Vampire Chronicle.
She states this quite clearly on her offical site.
Lestat, perfect vampire and eternal rebel, so gifted for evil yet so drawn by goodness, seeking constantly to justify the nature he abhors, makes his most reckless challenge ever - to defy both God and the Devil!
Amid the luxury and decay of present day New York, Lestat chooses his victims with care, taking only those truly evil humans he can also love. But his obsession with Roger, a sophisticated drug lord - whose beautiful and saintly daughter Dora fascinates him even more - is plagued by the sense that Lestat, too, is being stalked, like one of his own victims.
In a momentous confrontation, Lestat is brought face to face with Memnoch, the Devil himself. Infinitely more powerful, more terrifying, more dangerously seductive than any vampire, Memnoch whirls Lestat on an apocalyptic journey through time and space to the dawn of humankind, to fourteenth century Constantinople, Jerusalem in the days of Christ. And to the very gates of Hell.
At the mercy of terrible forces and his own demons, Lestat will need more than the power of a holy relic, more even than Dora's unshakeable faith, if he is to be saved...
With its vast scope and epic scale, its themes of blood and redemption, temptation and damnation, Memnoch the Devil takes the Vampire Lestat to new and mesmerizing heights.
- My opinion -
I found the book a little hard to get into at first. I wasn't too fond of Dora for some reason and I know I'm not alone in feeling this. Still the detail of the novel was superb and Anne was daring in dealing with such issues. As for the conclusion - it was a huge shock for me, I'm refering to Armand's apparent demise of course. For a vampire as powerful as Armand it seemed a little odd that he would be destroyed completely at the first glimpse of sunlight.
If Memnoch is your favourite novel vote for it.
- Links -
Sympathy for the Devil
I'd highly recommend the only site out there which is dedicated to Memnoch. It is truly a beautiful site filled with information. Even if you didn't enjoy the book go and visit it. You may find you appreciate it a little more.
I don't know where this site is at the moment but will keep the link up, in the hope that it will return!
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