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Ratings: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
Genre: Fiction / Horror / Gothic Fiction / Fantasy / Psychological Fiction

Book Review:
''Memnoch the Devil'' by Anne Rice is the fifth book in the bestselling Vampire Chronicles, and it is one of Rice's darkest and most daring novels to date. The Vampire Lestat—monster, outsider, hero-wanderer—is snatched from this world to face his most extraordinary adversary ever. His guide is Memnoch, the Devil, who takes him on a tour of Creation and leads him into the mythical worlds we must all one day confront—the very realms of Heaven and Hell.

This novel is lavishly descriptive, with rapid narrative, gorgeous costume, and larger-than-life heroes, all against the biggest concept of them all: immortality. Rice's writing has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity that is both passionate and inventive. It tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife. If you enjoyed Interview with the Vampire or The Vampire Lestat, or if you love Gothic fiction and dark fantasy, Memnoch the Devil is a must-read. Highly recommended!