... soul..."24 These books are romantic, realistic, and supposedly written by various vampires to the mortal world. Because of this, a large following of Rice's characters has developed, especially Lestat de Lioncourt. Lestat is the hypothetical author of The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, and Memnoch the Devil.25 His fans, including Rice herself, are deeply fascinated by this ... when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death."69 With The Adven...

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