"STARTLING ... FIENDISH ... MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING. "--New York Daily News "Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity... Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife. "--Rolling Stone "SENSUAL ... BOLD, FAST-PACED. "--USA Today "Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series... Fans will no doubt devour this. "--The Washington Post Book World "MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE. "--Playboy "[MEMNOCH] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date... Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form. "--The Seattle Times