- Summary on back cover -
David Talbot, vampire survivor of Memnoch the Devil, calls forth Pandora in modern day Paris to tell her own story. Two thousand years ago, she was a mortal girl in ancient Rome at the time of Caesar Augustus, before her powerful family faced treachery and ruin. As a follower of the secret blood tainted cult of Isis, Pandora had to flee to Antioch. And there a mysterious Roman exile - another dark genius of the Lestat chronicles - drew her still further into the ancient Egyptian rites which rule her desires.
Through the fall of Rome and a brief encounter in another glorious, decadent era, their tempestuous affair has bound her ever closer with ties of blood and necessity. Now centuries later, as the Vampire Lestat lies motionless in a New Orleans convent, Pandora wants to find her lover again, drawn on a mission that could unleash still greater mysteries.
- My opinion -
The historical detail in Pandora is superb, there's no doubt that Anne did some serious research into the Roman period which Pandora lived through. I did enjoy the novel but I felt strangely unfeeling towards the character of Pandora and I can't really explain why. I've always prefered Marius for some reason. I did enjoy the character of Flavius - he was very likeable.
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