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    "description": "<p>In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to \"save\" mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat-in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.<br /> <br /> Praise for The Queen of the Damned<br /> <br /> \"Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.\"-San Francisco Chronicle<br /> <br /> \"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<br /> <br /> \"Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.\"-USA Today<br /> <br /> \"A tour de force.\"-The Boston Globe</p>",
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