Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology. -San Francisco Chronicle With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida. -Los Angeles Times Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order. -USA Today A tour de force. -The Boston Globe