"Servant of the Bones: A Novel" by Anne Rice 1996 Knopf First Edition Hard Cover.

     A novel designed to 'carry us into new realms of the occult--the mystical and the magical, and into the presence - now and through the centuries - of a dark and luminous new hero; the powerful. witty, smiling Azriel, the Servant of the Bones.' Azriel is forced to travel the world on an endless journey, but when he comes to present-day New York. He becomes a witness to the murder of an innocent girl, a crime that leads him into the conflict between a great leader of the Hasidim, and his stepson, a diabolical cult leader. He finds himself obsessed with the tragedy and decides to avenge her death. Not price clipped and without inscriptions.387 pages. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) To read Anne Rice is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time. Anne Rice seems to be at home everywhere. She makes us believe everything she sees. No one writing today matches her deftness. Anne Rice (born October 4, 1941) is an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotic literature. She is perhaps best known for her series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles, revolving around the central character of Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire in 1994, and Queen of the Damned in 2002. Rice has also authored very erotic fiction under the pen names Anne Rampling and A. N. Roquelaure, including the book, Exit to Eden, which was later adapted into a 1994 film. 1996 Hardcover, Brand New.