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Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra Paperback – November 21, 2017

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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.

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416 pages
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November 21, 2017
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5.17 x 0.87 x 7.99 inches
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1101970324
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978-1101970324
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Praise for Anne Rice and Christopher Rice's RAMSES THE DAMNED

"It's got the Edwardian feel that we've come to expect of Anne Rice's best novels, and it's got something more ... Tying feudal pasts with modern passions, Anne Rice and Christopher Rice have crafted a supreme sequel."

--Mountain Times.com

"An entertaining soap opera replete with romantic alliances, betrayals, and ends left tantalizingly loose as grist for sequels. Fans of both authors' work will enjoy this one."

--Publishers Weekly

"Mesmerizing ... mother and son have triumphed in their first team-up effort. ... An enthralling story rendered with the full flourish of a classic Rice tale ... a superb, philosophically deep sequel to 1989's The Mummy. This mother/son team-up is a resounding success and leaves us eager for more."

--Andrea Sefler, Pop Mythology

"Rice (Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, 2016) continues the tale begun almost 30 years ago in The Mummy (1989) with the help of her novelist son, Christopher (The Heavens Rise, 2013), and it has been worth the wait. This thrilling read blends historial fiction, fantasy, and romance into a book readers will not be able to put down."

--Booklist

About the Author

Anne Rice is the author of thirty-six books. She lives in Palm Desert, California. Christopher Rice is the author of twelve books. He lives in West Hollywood, California.

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It was a tale told by the newspapers in 1914—of a spectacular find by a British Egyptologist in an isolated tomb outside of Cairo—a royal mummy of Egypt’s greatest monarch and, beside his painted sarcophagus, a vast collection of ancient poisons and a journal in Latin, written in the time of Cleopatra, comprising some thirteen scrolls.

Call me Ramses the Damned. For that is the name I have given myself. But I was once Ramses the Great of Upper and Lower Egypt, slayer of the Hittites, father of many sons and daughters, who ruled Egypt for sixty-four years. My monuments are still standing; the stele recount my victories, though a thousand years have passed since I was pulled, a mortal child, from the womb.

Ah, fatal moment now buried by time, when from a Hittite priestess I took the cursed elixir. Her warnings I would not heed. Immortality I craved. And so I drank the potion in the brimming cup . . .

. . . How can I bear this burden any longer? How can I endure the loneliness anymore? Yet I cannot die . . .

So wrote a being who claimed to have lived a thousand years, slumbering in darkness when the great kings and queens of his realm had no need of him, ever ready to be resurrected at their command to offer wisdom and counsel—until the death of Cleopatra and of Egypt itself drove him to an eternal rest.

What was the world to make of this bizarre tale, or the fact that Lawrence Stratford, discoverer of the mystery, died in the tomb itself at the moment of his greatest triumph?

Julie Stratford, daughter of the great Egyptologist and sole heiress to the Stratford Shipping fortune, brought the controversial mummy to London, along with the mysterious scrolls and poisons, to honor her father’s discovery with a private exhibition in her home in Mayfair. Within days Julie’s cousin, Henry, made frantic claims that the mummy had risen from its sarcophagus and tried to murder him, and talk of a mummy’s curse astonished Londoners. Before rumors could die down, Julie appeared in public with a mysterious blue-eyed Egyptian named Reginald Ramsey, who then journeyed with Julie back to Cairo in the company of beloved friends Elliott, the Earl of Rutherford, and his young son, Alex Savarell, and the aggrieved Henry.

More shocking events unfolded.

An unidentified corpse stolen from the Cairo Museum, grisly murders amongst the European shopkeepers of the city, and Ramsey himself sought by the Cairo police, and the disappearance of Henry. Finally, a fiery explosion left baffled witnesses and a frantic Alex Savarell grieving for a nameless woman who had fled the Cairo Opera House in terror, driving her motorcar into the path of an oncoming train.

Out of chaos and mystery, Julie Stratford emerged as the devoted fiancée of the enigmatic Reginald Ramsey, traveling Europe with her beloved, while in England the Savarell family sought to understand the exile of the Earl of Rutherford and the grief of young Alex for the woman he had so tragically lost to the flames in the Egyptian desert. Gossip dies down; newspapers move on.

As our story opens, the country estate of the Earl of Rutherford will soon be the location of the engagement party for Reginald Ramsey and Julie Stratford, as others far and wide hear echoes of the story of the immortal Ramses the Damned and his fabled elixir, though the mummified body itself, brought to London with such fanfare, has long since vanished.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anchor; 1st THUS edition (November 21, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1101970324
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1101970324
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.17 x 0.87 x 7.99 inches

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Christopher Rice is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award and is the Amazon Charts and New York Times bestselling author of A Density of Souls; Bone Music, Blood Echo, and Blood Victory in the Burning Girl series; and Bram Stoker Award finalists The Heavens Rise and The Vines. He is an executive producer of The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the AMC television adaptations of the bestselling novels by his mother, Anne Rice. Christopher and Anne also penned the novels Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra and Ramses The Damned: The Reign of Osiris. Together with his best friend and producing partner, New York Times bestselling novelist Eric Shaw Quinn, Christopher runs the production company Dinner Partners. Among other projects, they produce the podcast and video network TDPS, which can be found at www.TheDinnerPartyShow.com. He lives in West Hollywood, California, and writes tales of romance between men under the pseudonym C. Travis Rice. Visit him at www.christopherricebooks.com.

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Suznspring

Ramses the Damed: The Passion Of Cleopatra

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017

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I have read and own every book Anne has written, including a signed First Edition copy of The Mummy. Ramses The Damed. I follow her Facebook page. I bought her Christmas china on Ebay. I AM A FAN. I read The Mummy again in anticipation of reading The Passion Of Cleopatra. I finished TPOC last night. I was disappointed. I enjoyed the story but found myself skimming over parts that didn't hold my interest. I didn't care at all about Teddy or Alex. I was captivated by Bektaten and her companions Aktamu and Enamom. I thought that their story was so much more interesting than Ramses/Julie and Cleopatra's. The connection between Sybil and Cleopatra was intriguing and I am interested to see how that might play out if there is another book. Now, this next thing will seem small and probably ridiculous to most..it is a small inconsistency that is not in keeping with Anne's attention to every detail. In Chapter 11, Sybil asks Lucy for coffee three times. The chapter ends with.."."When Lucy returned with her glass of water, Sybil closed her. journal........" As small as that is...it kind of represents the overall feeling I got while reading TPOC. I can't find the right words, I want to say it lacked the depth/richness of most of Anne's other work but that is not quite it...more like her presence was missing. I guess that is not very helpful but that's the best I can do. If she continues the series, I will buy every book because I really am a fan :-)

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TrappedEngineer

Passion of Cleopatra, Worth the read!

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2017

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I have been an avid Anne Rice fan since I was a teenager. Ramses the Damned was written the year I was born. I discovered the original book while I was a teenager and absolutely fascinated with Egyptian history and lore.
This new installment did not disappoint. I appreciated the fact that Anne Rice relied on hey audience having read the previous book. Far too many contemporary authors spend too much time retelling the story from the previous novel in the series. It was a breath of fresh air.
I would consider the book to be classified as a fantasy thriller. I wouldn’t necessarily consider it a horror. The book was loaded with suspense and I found it rather hard to put it down once I started reading. The tale starts of almost at the exact moment the first book left off. You find all the characters enjoying there new found freedom to roam about the world with out a care in the world. This mentality was quickly interrupted by the return of Cleopatra, Ramses nemesis; from then on the story waits.
My only complaint, I really wouldn’t call it that was that I felt like some of the themes throughout the book were taken from two of her previous novels, The Wolves of Midwinter and Queen of the Damned. I really don’t want to go into to much more information because I absolutely hate when I read reviews and the entire story is written within them.

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Kindle Customer S.

🌟🌟🌟After a 28 year wait I was not disappointed!🌟🌟🌟

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018

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When I first read the Mummy, Ramses the Damned I totally loved it the charecters that created the story. Having been a fan of Anne Rive for years I thought a second book would soon follow. But, I guess you can't rush these things.
So finally I have read Cleopatra's story and found it every bit as enjoyable as the first!

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J.K.L

Years of anticipation fulfilled!

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2017

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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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C.R.

Ultimately, the story was satisfying, but not overly exciting.

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2018

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I have to honestly say that I didn't truly get into this story until I was about half way through it. The start was a lot of bouncing around between characters with each new chapter, and what seemed like a lot of back story. Anne Rice has a way with words, but sometimes ideas can go on a bit too long.

That being said, I did like the story. Once the characters came together, the switching between chapters wasn't so bad, because they were in the same physical place and I didn't have to switch mind frames for whichever character we had switched to.

Julie and Ramses have started their life together, but Cleopatra is lingering in their minds. Where is she? When will she show up, if at all? Plus, the two have to concoct a story about Julie's changed eye color for all her friends. All while traveling and getting ready for their engagement party. And what a party it was! The things that happen bring them into contact with more immortals, and they make some new friends in the process.

Ultimately, the story was satisfying, but not overly exciting. I liked the book The Mummy or Ramses the Damned better than this one.

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L. Howard

A complete letdown

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020

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The Mummy is one of my favorite Anne Rice books so I was excited to see this sequel. Ugh. What a disappointment....

It is not a long book but it seemed to take forever to get through it. It was not engaging and didn’t hold my attention well at all. There are too many characters, poorly developed so that I found myself not really caring what happened to them or what their often very convoluted motivations were.

Overall this book felt absolutely nothing like the first one. I’ve reread The Mummy several times and surely will again, but I won’t waste my time reading this one ever again.

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Corinne Downes

Rich tapestry of immortal life

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2019

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No one writes like Anne Rice. The threads of history, characters and places intertwined with immortal beings build a story that carries over centuries. I’ve read every one of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair Witches series (please give us this series on Kindle! ) and wait anxiously for the next.

John Ryan

A truly dire book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2018

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I've enjoyed many of Anne Rice's previous books, but I'm sorry to say this book is a terrible read.

The story never becomes engaging, there are far too many characters.

Ramses and Cleopatra feature only occasionally, and they never become central to the story. I gave up half way thru the book. Sad.

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lin

Magical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2021

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Brilliant book from one of my favourite authors. Loved how she brought the images of the pharaohs to life. And transplanting them to my favourite modern era was brilliant. All in all I loved the story and can't wait to read the next installment

Kindle Customer

Better than the mummy films .... (Not the old school one's though)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2019

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I love this story and she writes with just the right amount of fiction and facts entwined, just like the 'vampire chronicles'

Four Eyed Foxie

since Ramses was always one of my favourite characters. However

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2018

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As a massive Anne Rice fan i was really excited for this book, since Ramses was always one of my favourite characters. However, i don;'t feel it had the panache or empathy of her other books so felt a bit let down .

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