Audiobooks by Anne Rice

[Spanish] - Memnoch el diablo (Crónicas Vampíricas 5)

Quinta entrega de la mítica serie de Anne Rice «Crónicas Vampíricas», la mejor saga de vampiros jamás escrita. «Fijaos en mí: soy vuestro héroe, la perfecta imitación de un anglosajón rubio de ojo azules y metro ochenta de estatura. Soy un vampiro, uno de los más poderosos que han existido jamás. Tengo unos colmillos tan pequeños que apenas resultan visibles, a menos que yo quiera, pero muy afilados, y cada pocas horas siento el deseo de beber sangre humana. »Poseo una fuerza monstruosa. Soy capaz de volar y de captar una conversación en el otro extremo de la ciudad, e incluso del globo. Adivino el pensamiento; puedo hechizar a la gente. »Soy inmortal. Desde 1789, no tengo edad.»

Anne Rice (Author), Alejandro Vargas-Lugo (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El ladrón de cuerpos (Crónicas Vampíricas 4)

El ladrón de cuerpos es el cuarto volumen de la saga de novelas fantásticas de Anne Rice «Crónicas Vampíricas», considerada como una de las mejores series contemporáneas sobre vampiros. Lestat ha gozado de una existencia cómoda, su supremacía indiscutida en el mundo de la noche colmaba sus aspiraciones. Pero una duda le llevará a replantearse la razón de su existencia. Impulsado por su afán de conocer -a la vez intelectual y argumental, racional y vital- que por primera vez hará tambalear los cimientos de su reinado de penumbras. «Gracias al sufrimiento y al triunfo y a la sangre de nuestros vampiros de más edad, me había transformado en una especie de dios oscuro. Tenía poderes que me dejaban perplejo y, a veces, incluso asustado. Tenía poderes que me hacían sentir acongojado, aunque no siempre comprendía por qué. »No está mal, diréis. A mí me repugnaba. Sin duda, por añoranza a mis antiguos yoes: el muchacho mortal y su espectro recién nacido, un día tan dispuesto a alcanzar la excelencia en la maldad, si tal era su trágico destino.»

Anne Rice (Author), Alejandro Vargas-Lugo (Narrator)

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La Reina de los Condenados (Crónicas Vampíricas 3)

La tercera entrega de las «Crónicas Vampíricas» nos aproxima de nuevo al abismal mundo de Lestat, esta vez con su amante: la Reina de los Condenados. Lestat, convertido en una famosa estrella del rock, despierta con su música a Akasha, la Reina de los Condenados. La que una vez fuera la reina del Nilo, toma a Lestat como amante y mano derecha, y vuelca todas sus fuerzas en la destrucción de vampiros y varones con el fin de que las hembras creen un nuevo orden. Pese a las súplicas de Lestat, los deseos de la Reina son irrefrenables, y será necesario un sacrificio para acabar con sus ansias de destrucción. «Yo soy el vampiro Lestat, ¿me recordáis? El vampiro que llegó a ser una superestrella del rock, el que escribió su autobiografía. El de pelo rubio y ojos grises, el de insaciables deseos de hacerse visible y famoso. Me recordáis. Quise ser un símbolo del mal en un siglo iluminado donde el mal (en el sentido estricto de la palabra) que soy yo no tiene lugar. Me imaginé incluso que, de esta forma, haría algún bien: jugando a ser el diablo en el escenario. La última vez que hablamos acababa de empezar algo con buen pie...»

Anne Rice (Author), Alejandro Vargas-Lugo (Narrator)

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LESTAT, EL VAMPIRO (Crónicas Vampíricas 2)

En esta segunda entrega de las «Crónicas Vampíricas» descubrimos la vida del enigmático Lestat, a quien conocimos en Entrevista con el vampiro. Inmortal y sediento de sangre humana, Lestat ansía descubrir el secreto de su inmortalidad. Eso le llevará a recorrer un variado espectro de lugares y entornos sociales que hace de la suya una apasionante biografía: desde el lascivo París del siglo XVIII hasta la Roma de Augusto y la Bretaña de los druidas; desde el Egipto satánico de la prehistoria hasta el mundo frenético de las estrellas del rock... prácticamente toda la historia. «Soy el vampiro Lestat. Soy inmortal. Más o menos. La luz del sol, el calor prolongado de un fuego intenso..., tales cosas podrían acabar conmigo. Pero también podrían no hacerlo. »Cuando estoy sediento de sangre, mi aspecto produce verdadero horror: la piel contraída, las venas como sogas sobre los contornos de mis huesos... Pero ya no permito que tal cosa suceda, y el único indicio de que no soy humano son las uñas de los dedos.»

Anne Rice (Author), Alejandro Vargas-Lugo (Narrator)

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Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris

The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary bestselling author, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war. A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became counselor and lover to some of Egypt's greatest and most powerful rulers before he was awakened from centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dazzling world of Edwardian England. Having vanquished foes both human and supernatural, he's found love with the beautiful heiress Julie Stratford, daughter of Lawrence Stratford, the slain archeologist who discovered his tomb. Now, with the outbreak of a world war looming, Ramses and those immortals brought forth from the mists of history by his resurrection will face their greatest test yet. Russian assassins bearing weapons of immense power have assembled under one command: all those who loved Lawrence Stratford must die. From the glowing jewels at their necks comes an incredible supernatural force: the power to bring statues to life. As Ramses and his allies, including the immortal queens Cleopatra and Bektaten, gather together to battle these threats, Ramses reveals that the great weapon may have roots in an ancient Egyptian ritual designed to render pharaohs humble before Osiris, the god of the underworld. The resulting journey will take them across storm-tossed seas and into the forests of northern Russia, where they will confront a terrifying collision of tortured political ambitions and religious fervor held in thrall to a Godlike power. But the true answers they seek will lie beyond the border between life and death, within realms that defy the imagination of even an immortal such as Ramses the Great. In Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris, Anne Rice, revered and beloved storyteller ('queen of gothic lit, the maestro of the monstrous and the diva of the devious' --The Philadelphia Inquirer), in collaboration with her son, acclaimed bestselling novelist Christopher Rice ('a magician; a master' --Peter Straub), bring us another thrilling, seductive tale of high adventure, romance, history, and suspense. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL

Anne Rice, Christopher Rice (Author), Katharine Lee Mcewan (Narrator)

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Entrevista con el vampiro (Crónicas Vampíricas 1)

Posiblemente la más original historia de vampiros jamás escrita, Entrevista con el vampiro, primer volumen de la serie «Crónicas Vampíricas», es ya un clásico de nuestro tiempo. Esta es la historia de Louis, un joven de Nueva Orleans que, atormentado por un sentimiento de culpabilidad por la muerte de su hermano menor, se convierte en eterno habitante de la noche. Pero desde el comienzo de su nueva vida los sentimientos más humanos salen a su paso..., en especial el amor. «-Pero ¿cuánta tienes? -preguntó el vampiro, y se dio la vuelta para que el muchacho pudiera verle el perfil-. ¿Suficiente para la historia de una vida? -Desde luego, sí es una buena vida. A veces entrevisto hasta a tres o cuatro personas en una noche si tengo suerte. Pero tiene que ser una buena historia. Eso es justo, ¿no le parece? -Sumamente justo -contestó el vampiro-. Me gustaría contarte la historia demi vida. Me gustaría mucho.»

Anne Rice (Author), Alejandro Vargas-Lugo (Narrator)

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Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat

The Vampire Chronicles continue with a riveting, rich saga--part adventure, part suspense--of Prince Lestat and the story of the Blood Communion as he tells the tale of his coming to rule the vampire world and the eternal struggle to find belonging, a place in the universe for the undead, and how, against his will, he must battle the menacing, seemingly unstoppable force determined to thwart his vision and destroy the entire vampire netherworld. In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, directly, intimately, passionately, and tells the mesmerizing story of the formation of the Blood Communion and how he became Prince of the vampire world, the true ruler of this vast realm, and how his vision for all the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be. The tale spills from Lestat's heart, as he speaks first of his new existence as reigning monarch--and then of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha; Rhoshamandes, a demon spirit who refuses to live in harmony at the Court of Prince Lestat and threatens all that Lestat has dreamt of. As the tale unfolds, Lestat takes us from the towers and battlements of his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific's untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine . . .

Anne Rice (Author), Eric Shaw Quinn (Narrator)

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Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis: The Vampire Chronicles 12

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice, read by Simon Vance. "In my dreams, I saw a city fall into the sea. I heard the cries of thousands. I saw flames that outshone the lamps of heaven. And all the world was shaken..." At the novel's centre: the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, hero, leader, irresistible force, irrepressible spirit, battling (and ultimately reconciling with) a strange otherworldly form that has taken possession of his undead body and soul. This ancient and mysterious power and unearthly spirit of vampire lore has all the force, history and insidious reach of the unknowable Universe. It is through this spirit, previously considered benign for thousands of vampire years and throughout the Vampire Chronicles, that we come to be told the hypnotic tale of a great sea power of ancient times; a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent -- and of how and why this force came to build and rule the great legendary empire of centuries ago that thrived in the Atlantic Ocean. And as we learn of the mighty powers of this lost kingdom of Atalantaya, the lost realms of Atlantis, we come to understand its secrets, and how and why the vampire Lestat, indeed all the vampires, must reckon so many millennia later with the terrifying force of this ageless, all-powerful Atalantaya spirit.

Anne Rice (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)

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Ramses the Damned

From the iconic and bestselling author of The Mummy and The Vampire Chronicles, a mesmerizing, glamorous new tale of ancient feuds and modern passions. Ramses the Great, former pharaoh of Egypt, is reawakened by the elixir of life in Edwardian England. Now immortal with his bride-to-be, he is swept up in a fierce and deadly battle of wills and psyches against the once-great Queen Cleopatra. Ramses has reawakened Cleopatra with the same perilous elixir whose unworldly force brings the dead back to life. But as these ancient rulers defy one another in their quest to understand the powers of the strange elixir, they are haunted by a mysterious presence even older and more powerful than they, a figure drawn forth from the mists of history who possesses spectacular magical potions and tonics eight millennia old. This is a figure who ruled over an ancient kingdom stretching from the once-fertile earth of the Sahara to the far corners of the world, a queen with a supreme knowledge of the deepest origins of the elixir of life. She may be the only one who can make known to Ramses and Cleopatra the key to their immortality-and the secrets of the miraculous, unknowable, endless expanse of the universe.

Anne Rice, Christopher Rice (Author), Katherine Kellgren (Narrator)

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Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

From Anne Rice, conjurer of the beloved best sellers Interview with the Vampire and Prince Lestat, an ambitious and exhilarating new novel of utopian vision and power "In my dreams, I saw a city fall into the sea. I heard the cries of thousands. I saw flames that outshone the lamps of heaven. And all the world was shaken . . ." --Anne Rice, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis At the novel's center: the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, hero, leader, inspirer, irresistible force, irrepressible spirit, battling (and ultimately reconciling with) a strange otherworldly form that has somehow taken possession of Lestat's undead body and soul. This ancient and mysterious power and unearthly spirit of vampire lore has all the force, history, and insidious reach of the unknowable Universe. It is through this spirit, previously considered benign for thousands of vampire years and throughout the Vampire Chronicles, that we come to be told the hypnotic tale of a great sea power of ancient times; a mysterious heaven on earth situated on a boundless continent--and of how and why, and in what manner and with what far-reaching purpose, this force came to build and rule the great legendary empire of centuries ago that thrived in the Atlantic Ocean. And as we learn of the mighty, far-reaching powers and perfections of this lost kingdom of Atalantaya, the lost realms of Atlantis, we come to understand its secrets, and how and why the vampire Lestat, indeed all the vampires, must reckon so many millennia later with the terrifying force of this ageless, all-powerful Atalantaya spirit. From the Hardcover edition.

Anne Rice (Author), Simon Vance, Simon Vance (Narrator)

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Vittorio, The Vampire

A Vampire Chronicles novella from the internationally bestselling Anne Rice A VAMPIRE IN THE ITALIAN AGE OF GOLD. . . Sixteen years old, Vittorio is the sole survivor of a bizarre and violent massacre at his father's Tuscan palazzo. Escaping to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici, he seeks vengeance and retribution. But though he has been saved from death by a mysterious woman, he finds himself at the mercy of demonic, bloody nightmares, war and political intrique. And, beyond even these perils, Vittorio faces being torn apart by a dangerous love. Against a backdrop of the wonders - both sacred and profane - of Rennaisance Italy, with it's art and ferocity, angels and demons, Anne Rice introduces a seductive new character and creates a passionate traggic legend of doomed young love and lost innocence.

Anne Rice (Author), Jonathan Marosz (Narrator)

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Pandora

A Vampire Chronicles novella from the internationally bestselling Anne Rice In a cafe in modern-day Paris, in the aftermath of a fresh kill, the fearless and beautiful Pandora begins to tell her tale of treachery, vengeance and love stretching across two millennia. As a young mortal in Imperial Rome in the time of Caesar Augustus, Pandora was first introduced to the blood-tainted cult of Isis. Later, in exile in Antioch, she was drawn even further into the dark, ancient rites. Now looking back across the centuries, Pandora decides to return once more to New Orleans, to find the love of her early life, Marius, and to see once again the Vampire Lestat...

Anne Rice (Author), Kate Reading (Narrator)

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