Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra
By Anne Rice & Christopher Rice
Genre - Literary Fiction
Category - Historical Fiction/Romance/Paranormal/Gothic
Pages - 416
Publication Info - Anchor; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition (November 21, 2017)
Format - Paperback
Rating - 📙📙📙📙📙
First and foremost Ramses the Damned:The Passion of Cleopatra by Anne Rice & Christopher Rice is a stunning and masterful collaboration. And add to that it’s a collaboration from two of my favorite authors I couldn’t be happier. If you’re familiar with the writing of each of these talented authors on their own you can pretty much see their individual touches throughout this exciting read. Now, it’s been years since I read The Mummy or Ramses the Damned, and I did not read it again prior to reading this one, but that really it’s no never mind… this can easily be enjoyed on its own merits. There were bits and pieces from the first book that did come back to me whilst reading this one so it all pretty much came together for me when it was all said and done. I do think it’s possible to read and enjoy this book without having read the first one however. I’m a big fan of both authors, and it was such a wonderful experience to be able to read something they both had a hand and heart in. Quite simply put, in my opinion, it’s a beautifully and masterfully written piece of literary fiction.
From the back cover: It begins with the heroic Egyptian pharaoh Ramses the Damned mysteriously awakened after centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dizzying world of Edwardian England, seeking to wed the great beauty and heiress Julie Stratford, whom Ramses has given the same elixir that has rendered him immortal.
Now, with his bride-to-be, he is swept up in a fierce battle of wills against an ancient love, the exquisite and dangerous Queen Cleopatra, whose mummy he has recklessly brought back to life.
As these two magnificent rulers are caught up in a furious struggle to understand the powers of the extraordinary and wondrous potion, another, more ominous spirit makes its presence known, drawn forth from the mists of history - an ancient queen, possessor of the true origins of the elixir, who has an unrelenting fascination with the fates of Ramses II and Queen Cleopatra; the only force who can make known to these golden monarchs the key to their immortality and the secrets of the miraculous expanse of the universe. . .
About the Authors: (Goodreads Bio) Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien) is a best-selling American author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, and later religious themed books. Best known for The Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematic focus is on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history.
She uses the pseudonym Anne Rampling for adult-themed fiction (i.e., erotica) and A.N. Roquelaure for fiction featuring sexually explicit sado-masochism.
(Goodreads Bio) By the age of 30, Christopher Rice had published four New York Times bestselling thrillers, received a Lambda Literary Award and been declared one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive. His two novels of dark supernatural suspense, THE HEAVENS RISE and THE VINES, were both finalists for the Bram Stoker Award. He recently entered the erotic romance genre with three works in all new series called The Desire Exchange. They include THE FLAME, THE SURRENDER GATE and KISS THE FLAME.. His debut novel, A DENSITY OF SOULS, was published when the author was just 22 years old. A controversial and overnight bestseller, it was greeted with a landslide of media attention, much of it devoted to the fact that Christopher is the son of famed vampire chronicler, Anne Rice. Together with his best friend, New York Times bestselling novelist Eric Shaw Quinn, Christopher launched his own Internet radio show. THE DINNER PARTY SHOW WITH CHRISTOPHER RICE & ERIC SHAW QUINN Every episode is available for free download from the site's show archive or on iTunes. Subscribe to The Dinner Party Show's You Tube channel to get all of their newest content in 2016.
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In 2014 I emailed Anne Rice to tell her how much I loved The Mummy when I first read it at the tender age of 14 (26 years ago!) and how I have been longing all this time for the promised sequel. Imagine my surprise when Anne emailed me back in less than an hour, saying she thought of the characters often and was inspired. I have been waiting for this sequel for so long and just finished reading and LOVE what Anne and Christopher have done. They have created a new world for these characters and I see more adventures in their future too. I devoured this book. At first I thought I could tell the difference between writing styles but I could not in the end. The flow and prose was seamless, classic, the story intriguing and I am again left wanting more. I hope we will see mother and son collaborate again soon for a third book in this series! Thank you so much Anne and Christopher.Jules Keith-Le, NC, USA
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