Blood Canticle

About “Blood Canticle”

Anne Rice's 2003 novel continues the vampire chronicles with the story of Lestat, who seeks redemption, goodness, and the love of Rowan Mayfair. The book features characters from Rice's world of vampires and witches, including Mona Mayfair, who comes to Blackwood Farm to die but is instead brought into the undead. Rowan, a brilliant neurosurgeon and witch, is drawn to Lestat. Her husband, Michael Curry, seeks Lestat's help with her temporary madness. Patsy, a country-western singer, returns to avenge her death at the hands of her son, Quinn Blackwood. The spirit of Julien Mayfair, guardian of the family, torments Lestat for his actions toward Mona. The novel explores the mystery of the five-thousand-year-old Taltos and Lestat's struggle with his vampirism, as he seeks goodness and love while dealing with ghosts, legends, and the fate of Rowan Mayfair.