''Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis'' is a horror novel by American writer

Anne Rice Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature. She was best known for her series of novels ''The Vampire Chronicles''. B ...

, the twelfth in ''

The Vampire Chronicles ''The Vampire Chronicles'' is a series of gothic horror novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18t ...

'' series, published on November 29, 2016. It is written as both a first-person and third-person narrative.

Plot summary

"In my dreams, I saw a city fall into the sea. I heard the cries of thousands", writes Rice, as

Lestat de Lioncourt Lestat de Lioncourt () is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice, including ''The Vampire Lestat'' (1985). He is a vampire and an antihero in the majority of ''The Vampire Chronicles''. Publication history Lestat is intr ...

sees visions of a ruined city in his sleep. He and Amel, a spirit Lestat bonded with in the events of the preceding novel, search for the meaning behind the visions of

Atlantis Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'' ...

, and what it means to the vampires of the world. The novel presents a lengthy procession of Blood Drinkers from previous adventures as they form a united front against a possible adversary in the form of replimoid beings created many millennia ago for one specific purpose: the destruction of Atlantis and its all-powerful ruler – Amel.

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"Anne Rice Just Changed Everything You Thought You Knew About Vampires" – io9
2016 American novels Novels by Anne Rice The Vampire Chronicles novels American horror novels Alfred A. Knopf books {{2010s-horror-novel-stub