Rice, A. (1985). The Vampire Lestat, The Vampire Chronicles Vol. 2. New York: Ballantine Books, A division of Random House.
Readers may be shocked to learn that Anne Rice based her follow up sequel to Interview with the Vampire on the antagonist in the aforementioned work. Now the protagonist, Rice delivers a beloved Lestat. A pagan hero of sorts, Lestat, awakened in to the sound of Rock and Roll in the 20th Century but quickly retraces the history of Lestat from mortal days as talented violin player whose immortality was forced upon him by a suicidal blood drinker to his fledgling days as a new vampire. The Vampire Lestat begins what will become a series that pushes the boundaries of the basic vampirism themes into that of a philosophical and religious nature.
No author has quite affected the vampire genre like Anne Rice since Bram Stoker. The Vampire Lestat is also available in Graphic Novel form.
I read and reread these novels so many years ago, I doubt I would have even read Twilight or any other Vampire novel had it not been for Rice's novels. She will always be one of my favorite authors.
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