Anne Rice prepares to reveal his vision of the lost kingdom of Atlantis in a new novel starring his most famous creation, the vampire Lestat.
America's best-selling author has announced that "Prince Lestat and the Kingdoms of Atlantis" It will be published on November 29 of this year. It is Anne Rice's second novel about the vampire prince in two years. Prince Lestat's first book was published in 2014 after a hiatus of more than 10 years since the author wrote about the world of vampires.
The author's desire to describe Atlantis
“I've been dying to get my vision of Atlantis out in the public domain for years. And believe me, there is a complete vision of Atlantis in this novel.. I've been obsessed with her for years. Years. I have a huge library on Atlantis in fiction, in channeling, in history, in mythology… on all the issues that have been written about. This was one of my biggest personal adventures, this novel. I am very happy that this novel will be in bookstores at Christmas. "
What is the new novel about?
According to the book description, the story will be about Lestat, who was made famous in the Anne Rice novel, and who struggles with a… strange form from another world that has taken possession of his undead body and soul. The spirit reveals the hypnotic tale of a great maritime power of antiquity, a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent, and of how and why and in what form and for what far-reaching purpose, this force came to build and rule the great legendary empire of centuries ago that thrived in the Atlantic Ocean.
Origin of the novel
The author talks about how this story It got into her mind through a dream she had.
“In my dreams I saw a city fallen into the sea. I heard the screams of thousands of people. I saw flames overshadowing the lamps in the sky. And the whole world was shaken. "
The author's novel "Interview with the Vampire" was adapted in 1994 into a film starring Tom Cruise. Before 2014, "Prince Lestat," her most recent foray into the vampire world was with "Blood Canticle" in 2003. When the author returned with the Lestat story in 2014, she announced that she I had gone back and reread all the stories from the Vampire Diaries and he had to fight Lestat on the ground and hit him to say "look, you have to talk to me, I have to know what you've been doing"
hello, the novel was published in 1976 but the film adaptation was in 1994… the writing is a bit confusing… however thanks for the information!