``STARTLING .
Fa. . . .
BOLD, FAST-PACED.`` --USA Today ``Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series. . .
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 . . . .
MEMNOCH\'S TALE IS COMPELLING.`` --New York Daily News ``Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . .
FIENDISH . . . ``STARTLING