Comic books in 'Vampires'

Limited 1 for 15 Virgin Variant Cover by Brett Booth. (W) L.A. Banks (A) Brett Booth Book 1: Ashes to Ashes. The Neterus and worldwide Guardian teams have defeated Satan's top demon, The Thirteenth, and have driven back the forces of evil in the first battle of the Armageddon. But the dark side is only in temporary retreat. The warriors of the Light have won that battle, but it remains to be seen whether or not they've won the war. Beneath the Earth in the caverns of Hell, the Dark Lord is plotting his next strike with a vengeance. With the human population still reeling from global wars, famine, floods, and every conceivable natural disaster and plague, something slithers into the Guardian camps, felling the members of the Guardian teams, and humanity's only chance of survival. Written by New York Times bestselling author L.A. Banks, The Vampire Huntress Legends: The Hidden Darkness is an original story that takes place after the epilogue in the 12th and final book in the Vampire Huntress series of novels and should not be missed by her fans or anyone who enjoys great paranormal fantasy! Cover price $3.99.

Dynamic Forces Exclusive Negative Variant Cover by Brett Booth limited to only 125 copies. NOTE: May or may not include certificate of authenticity from Dynamic Forces. (W) L.A. Banks (A) Brett Booth Book 1: Ashes to Ashes. The Neterus and worldwide Guardian teams have defeated Satan's top demon, The Thirteenth, and have driven back the forces of evil in the first battle of the Armageddon. But the dark side is only in temporary retreat. The warriors of the Light have won that battle, but it remains to be seen whether or not they've won the war. Beneath the Earth in the caverns of Hell, the Dark Lord is plotting his next strike with a vengeance. With the human population still reeling from global wars, famine, floods, and every conceivable natural disaster and plague, something slithers into the Guardian camps, felling the members of the Guardian teams, and humanity's only chance of survival. Written by New York Times bestselling author L.A. Banks, The Vampire Huntress Legends: The Hidden Darkness is an original story that takes place after the epilogue in the 12th and final book in the Vampire Huntress series of novels and should not be missed by her fans or anyone who enjoys great paranormal fantasy! Cover price $3.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Dawn and Darkness!" Collects Vampire Huntress: Hidden Darkness (2010 Dynamite) #1-4.

Written by L.A. Banks and Jess Ruffner. Art by Brett Booth, Greg Titus, and N. Steven Harris. Cover by Brett Booth. Introduction by Jonathan Maberry. Afterword by L.A. Banks.

Follow the famed Neterus and the Neteru Guardian Team from the epic 12-novel Vampire Huntress Legend series as they take the fight against evil beyond the Armageddon.

In the Dawn and Darkness graphic novel (collecting the four-issue series), the team is still searching for the wounded Anti-Christ while trying to avoid the wrath of Lucifer. Complicating matters, several members of the team are pregnant with the next generation of Warriors of Light, and the darkness wants them and their unborn wiped off the face of the planet. To make matters worse, a new predator is hunting humans - something not wholly vampire or werewolf or like any demon they've ever encountered... and this time the predator is out for more than just blood!

The Vampire Huntress: Dawn And Darkness is an original story that takes place after the epilogue in the 12th and final book in the Vampire Huntress series of novels and should not be missed by her fans or anyone who enjoys great paranormal fantasy!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

NOTE: L. A. Banks is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Career Choice Award for Paranormal Fiction as well as the 2008 Essence Storyteller of the Year award. Ms. Banks has written over 42 novels and contributed to 12 novellas, in multiple genres under various pseudonyms.

Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Collects Supernatural Law (1999-2008 1st Series) #41-45 and Mavis (1998-2008) #5. Story and art by Batton Lash. Among the clients represented by Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre are a fifth-generation vampire who aspires to Hollywood stardom, a werewolf who's being stalked by a fan, and Troma's Toxic Avenger. Along the way they encounter producers who want to make a movie about them, TV talk show hosts, and works of art that come to life. This volume, the seventh in the ongoing Supernatural Law trade paperback series, features an introduction by Jeff Smith. Softcover, 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by by Ellen Schreiber. Art by Rem. Who says dating a vampire is easy? Raven's nocturnal romance with her immortal love Alexander is definitely dicey, but even more so with Alexander's meddling half-vamp cousin in town. Claude and his sketchy gang are on the hunt for a stash of blood-filled vials that can turn them into pure vampires. With an old family feud casting a shadow on the search, they'll do anything to get their hands on the vials. Raven and Alexander must swiftly mastermind a plan to outwit them, but will the very lure of the vials create more risk for Raven than she could ever imagine? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Cover price $9.99.

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1st printing. By Matsuri Hino. A collection of short stories based on the characters and world of Vampire Knight and featuring special illustrations by Matsuri Hino. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, Text. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Matsuri Hino.

After a fierce battle between humans and vampires, a temporary peace was established, but Kaname continued to sleep within a coffin of ice... Yuki gave Kaname her heart to revive him as a human being. These are the stories of what happened during those 1,000 years of Kaname's slumber, and the start of his human life.

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 192 pages, B&W. Older Teen

Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Matsuri Hino.

Neither the vampire aristocrats nor the vampire hunters approve of Yuki and Zero's relationship. Zero must face opposition from the Hunter Society while also becoming the target of a vampire assassin. Meanwhile, Aido and Yori face obstacles as a pureblood vampire and human couple.

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 208 pages, B&W. Older Teen

Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Matsuri Hino.

Yuki and Zero have decided to become a couple. Though relations between the Hunter Society and vampires have improved, bombs have been set off in the city, and the "Vampire King" is claiming responsibility. Yuki, Zero, Aido and Kaien enter the battle to protect those they care about.

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 208 pages, B&W. Older Teen

Cover price $9.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Volume 4 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Matsuri Hino.

These are the stories of what happened during the 1,000 years of Kaname's slumber and the start of his human life.

Yuki and Zero have decided to become a couple. Though relations between the Hunter Society and vampires have improved, bombs have been set off in the city, and the "Vampire King" is claiming responsibility. Yuki, Zero, Aido and Kaien enter the battle to protect those they care about.

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 208 pages, B&W. Older Teen

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Matsuri Hino.

Ai tries to protect her little sister Ren from every danger, for Ren is despised by many of their kind who hate Ren's vampire hunter father. Although Ren is not as strong as her pureblood sister, she finds she has her own gluttonous thirst for blood...

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 176 pages, B&W. Older Teen

Cover price $9.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Translated by Tetsuichiro Miyaki. Adapted by Nancy Thistlewaite.

Ai tries to protect her little sister Ren from every danger, for Ren is despised by many of their kind who hate Ren's vampire hunter father. Although Ren is not as strong as her pureblood sister, she finds she has her own gluttonous thirst for blood...

Kaname wished for peaceful coexistence between vampires and humans, but the path forged by Yuki and Zero has been cut off by the dark, malicious intentions of others. Can they withstand a world shaken by hatred and despair?

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 176 pages, B&W. Older Teen

Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 7 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Translated by Tetsuichiro Miyaki. Adapted by Nancy Thistlewaite.

Yuki plays the role of traitor to garner the hatred of the vampire realm and escapes with Zero. Meanwhile, Ai, entrusted with the throne as the new queen, leads the vampires into a life of isolation from the outside world...

Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 176 pages, B&W. Older Teen

Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Translated by Tetsuichiro Miyaki. Adapted by Nancy Thistlewaite. The queen of the vampires and a human prince-two people who were never meant to meet-have reunited ten years later. Now Ai and Taro must weave together a world that has fallen apart... Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 176 pages, B&W. Older Teen Cover price $9.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $7.95

Volume 9 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Translated by Tetsuichiro Miyaki. Adapted by Nancy Thistlewaite. The emperor's regime has been overturned, lessening the conflict between humans and vampires. The pureblood vampire Ai decides to enter into a political marriage with a human in order to maintain the newfound fragile peace. Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in, 176 pages, B&W. Older Teen Cover price $11.99.

1st printing. By Matsuri Hino. Can't get enough of Vampire Knight? Delve into the world of your favorite vampires with this official fanbook filled with insider information about the hit series. Includes a Cross Academy student ID card, glossy color pages, character design sketches, storyboards and an exclusive interview with Vampire Knight creator Matsuri Hino! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $14.99.

SET#1 - Includes Vamoire Knight TPB (2006-2014 Viz Digest) Vol. 1-10 - Printings may vary. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Includes manga volumes 1-10 and an exclusive Cross Academy Day Class 2011 Planner! Softcover (9 Volumes with Slipcase), 5-in. x 7-in., 1,800 pages (Total), B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $99.99.

SET#2 - Includes Vamoire Knight TPB (2006-2014 Viz Digest) Vol. 11-19 - Printings may vary. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. The second box set completes the series with vols. 11-19 and an exclusive art book. Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! Softcover (9 Volumes with Slipcase), 5-in. x 7-in., 1,800 pages (Total), B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $89.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Yuki Cross has no memory of her past prior to the moment she was saved from a vampire attack ten years ago. She was adopted by the headmaster of Cross Academy, and now works alongside Zero to guard the Academy's secret. Yuki believes that vampires and humans can coexist peacefully, but her partner has different ideas. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Outside the safe boundary of the academy, Yuki is attacked by a vampire. Injured and unable to defend herself, two Night Class students come to her aid and kill the vampire. When Yuki asks them why they killed their own kind, they tell her to come to the Moon Dormitory at midnight to learn the answer. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Outside the safe boundary of the academy, Yuki is attacked by a vampire. Injured and unable to defend herself, two Night Class students come to her aid and kill the vampire. When Yuki asks them why they killed their own kind, they tell her to come to the Moon Dormitory at midnight to learn the answer. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Kaname, the pureblood vampire, has kept to his room since learning of Yuki and Zero's forbidden act. However, the arrival of Ichijo's grandfather brings the entire Night Class together to greet one of the oldest vampires on the senate. Ichijo's grandfather says he's there merely to visit his grandson, but he's out for Kaname's blood. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

Volume 3 - 2nd and later printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Kaname, the pureblood vampire, has kept to his room since learning of Yuki and Zero's forbidden act. However, the arrival of Ichijo's grandfather brings the entire Night Class together to greet one of the oldest vampires on the senate. Ichijo's grandfather says he's there merely to visit his grandson, but he's out for Kaname's blood. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Zero warns Yuki to stay away from Maria Kurenai, the new Night Class transfer student, although he won't tell Yuki why. Kaname is also wary, and he sends Ichijo to watch Maria so she doesn't start trouble. Who is this girl, and why does she have the entire Night Class on edge? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Zero warns Yuki to stay away from Maria Kurenai, the new Night Class transfer student, although he won't tell Yuki why. Kaname is also wary, and he sends Ichijo to watch Maria so she doesn't start trouble. Who is this girl, and why does she have the entire Night Class on edge? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Zero is suspected of killing Shizuka Hio, the pureblood vampire who murdered his family. Incensed, the vampire senate sends assassins to Cross Academy to execute him. Will the Night Class intervene, or will Kaname let Zero take the fall? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Zero is suspected of killing Shizuka Hio, the pureblood vampire who murdered his family. Incensed, the vampire senate sends assassins to Cross Academy to execute him. Will the Night Class intervene, or will Kaname let Zero take the fall? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Yuki sneaks into an exclusive vampire party and sees Aido's parents introducing their daughter to Kaname. They, like many other Night Class parents, desire an alliance with the pureblood. Kaname is the most eligible bachelor in vampire society--but will he choose Yuki? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Meet your knights in shining darkness. Yuki debates asking Kaname about her past, suspecting that he may have been the one who erased her childhood memories. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. After trying to recall her past, Yuki's hallucinations become more vivid and she tries to strangle Zero during a fit of madness. Locked in her room, all she can see is a world dyed in blood, but Kaname comes for her. He tells her it's time to wake up and sinks his fangs into her neck. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. A war among vampires has started at Cross Academy, and even Day Class students are being attacked. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $6.99.

Volume 10 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Rido is gone, but the battle rages on at Cross Academy. The Night Class is still under attack, and Headmaster Cross has joined the war to protect his students. Zero, however, has vowed to get rid of all the Purebloods--including Yuki! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $8.99.

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Volume 11 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. The Night Class at Cross Academy has been abolished. Zero still attends the Day Class while carrying out his duties as a vampire hunter. Yuki now lives hidden away at the Kuran residence with Kaname, but can she embrace the life of a pureblood vampire? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Yuki Cross has no memory of her past prior to the moment she was saved from a vampire attack ten years ago. She was adopted by the headmaster of Cross Academy, and now works alongside Zero to guard the Academy's secret. Yuki believes that vampires and humans can coexist peacefully, but her partner has different ideas... Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 13 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino.Kaname has returned Cross Academy to kill Sara Shirabuki. Zero has joined forces with Sara, leaving Yuki in the middle of the conflict. Even if Kaname's ultimate goal is to kill all purebloods, is Yuki ready to fight him? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Yukio and Zero team up to go after Kaname. Yuki and Kaname fight each other in the headquarters of the Hunter Society while Sara tries to control Zero through her blood. The female progenitor's origin metal intervenes, and Yuki realizes there is only one way to stop Kaname... Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Yuki has stolen Zero's memories of her to free him. She plans to give up her own life to turn Kaname into a human, but Kaname has vowed to sacrifice himself to give the Hunter Society his powers. With eternity at stake, Yuki and Kaname each vie to change the other's destiny. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $9.99.

Variant Cover includes Mini HC Art Book - Volume 19 - 1st printing. Story and art by Matsuri Hino. Yuki has stolen Zero's memories of her to free him. She plans to give up her own life to turn Kaname into a human, but Kaname has vowed to sacrifice himself to give the Hunter Society his powers. With eternity at stake, Yuki and Kaname each vie to change the other's destiny. Get the final volume of Vampire Knight in a limited edition featuring an exclusive alternate cover and mini, hardcover art book! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Rating: T+ Cover price $15.99.

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2nd Printing. Notice on inside front cover. John Bolton cover. Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. By Anne Rice. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality. As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence. As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and–night after night–watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood. We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him–in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces–sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him. But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren–vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Hardcover, 560 pages, Text Only.

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2nd and later printings. By Anne Rice. Returning to the hypnotic world she so brilliantly created in Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her power to enthrall. With the same richness of drama, atmosphere and incident, she tells the fantastic story of the vampire Lestat, whom we first perceived as the seductive devil-vampire of Interview with the Vampire and whom we now follow through the ages as he searches for the origin and meaning of his own dark immortality. And who, more and more, engages our sympathy until he stands revealed as a questing romantic, a vampire-hero with his own strange and passionate courage and morality. As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence. As he speaks we are plunged back into eighteenth-century France, into the castle where we meet the young Lestat: child of impoverished aristocrats, heroic hunter of wolves, at odds with his tyrannical father, running away to join a traveling troupe of actors. We see him in the licentious Paris of the day, first apprentice at a boulevard theater, then its most celebrated actor, idolized, adored by many and–night after night–watched by one . . . until, in a sleep filled with dreams of the wolves he killed as a boy, he is shocked awake by a dark figure and suddenly, horribly, eternally joined to the unholy brotherhood. We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him–in churches and brothels, in gambling houses, huts and palaces–sometimes joined by the vampire-angel Gabrielle, who is bound to him both by blood and by passion; sometimes traveling with his adored Nicolas, the violinist whose music and beauty are equally transcendent. We follow Lestat as he travels from the snowcapped mountains of the Auvergne and the primeval forest of ancient Gaul to Sicily, Istanbul, Venice and Cairo, searching for his origins, sometimes finding clues to the birth of the vampire race, knowing always that the central truth eludes him. But all the while, throughout his travels, through many lands and many times, Lestat has made enemies among his brethren–vampires who are in terror of his questions, who fear he will disturb the uneasy balance in which they exist with the mortal world, and who suspect in him a desire to rule. And when, in the caves below a craggy Greek island, in a sanctuary whose walls are covered with gold-flecked murals, the very first of the living dead awake, the truth at the heart of his quest is at last revealed. Ancient forces held immobile through the ages are irreversibly set in motion, and as the novel rushes to its stunning climax, Lestat's vampire foes converge in pursuit of him on the demonic freeways of the twentieth century. Hardcover, 560 pages, Text Only.

Ballantine Edition - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Lestat (1989) #1-12. Based on the novel by Anne Rice. Adapted by Faye Perozich. Painted art by Daerick Gross. Learn the true story, in his own words, of arguably author Anne Rice's most beloved character. Hardcover, 292 pages, full color.

Innovation Edition - 1st printing. Collects Vampire Lestat (1989) #1-12. Based on the novel by Anne Rice. Adapted by Faye Perozich. Painted art by Daerick Gross. Learn the true story, in his own words, of arguably author Anne Rice's most beloved character. Hardcover, 292 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.