Queen of the Damned

The vampire Lestat has risen from the shadows to achieve a new kind of immortality: rock stardom. By revealing the secrets of his kind to the mortal world, his music echoes across the globe, reaching into the darkest corners of history. But his fame has a price, awakening an ancient and unimaginable power. From a silence of six thousand years, Akasha, the mother of all vampires and the Queen of the Damned, has been woken. She has a new vision for the world, a plan for a new world order that begins with a wave of destruction across the globe, targeting mortals and immortals alike.

As the Queen begins her worldwide crusade, ancient vampires who have long been hidden are drawn from their seclusion by a shared, terrifying dream of red-haired twins and a forgotten history. From the bustling cities of the modern world to the tombs of ancient Egypt, the story of the vampires' genesis is revealed. The scattered children of the night, including many familiar faces, must now unite against their creator. They are all that stands between the Queen and her devastating plan to save humanity by destroying it, a confrontation that will determine the fate of both the living and the undead.