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For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Anne rice wrote the body thief, the fourth thrilling episode of. Rice ended up writing ten novels in the vampire chronicles. Books by anne rice authors like anne rice what should. The tale of the body thief by anne rice booksamillion. The tale of the body thief a wonderfully mesmerizing adventure, delving into the convoluted mind of one of modern fictions most famous antiheroes, the vampire lestat. And suddenly all his vampire rationaleeverything he has come to believe and feel safe withis called into question.
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