Description:
The first book in the Vampire Chronicles. Louis the vampire has decided to tell his story, once and for all. He tells us of his life before he became a vampire; of his selfishness and grief, and how they led him into the arms of Lestat, the vampire who gave him the Dark Gift and made him immortal. His vision of Lestat is monstrous. A heartless, blood-thirsty vampire with no conscience, and no respect for life; whose egocentric nightmare has taken Louis hostage. Louis is at once enchanted with his vampiric existence, in love with his new senses, and tortured by what he perceives as his damnation. He agonizes over killing; feeding mainly on animals until he can stand it no longer. Then he takes the lives of those whose deaths will make him feel the most guilty in a self perpetuating cycle. He travels the world with Claudia, the beautiful child turned ageless vampire. She was made by both Louis and Lestat together, each for his own reasons. Claudia both comforts and torments Louis, and together they try to find others of their kind.
