NEW ANNE RICE NOVEL

Author Anne Rice's legacy is destined to continue with this new novel by her and her son, Christopher. One wonders if there are any other notes or outlines from Rice that Christopher can turn into books?

Mother-Son Writing Duo Anne Rice’s and Christopher Rice’s Newest Novel Now Available

By Nicholas E. Barron | February 3. 2022 | medium.com

It’s fitting that Anne Rice’s latest, and perhaps last, novel, Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris, focuses on immortality.

Rice passed away in Dec., but she returns to bookshelves with her latest collaboration with her son, Christopher Rice. The Reign of Osiris is a follow-up to the duo’s 2017 novel, Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra.

“The authors have found a winning formula that ensures more entertaining installments to come,” a Publishers Weekly review said about Anne Rice and Christopher Rice’s newest novel.

Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris by Anne Rice and Christopher Rice

What if Pharaoh Ramses II came back to life as an immortal King of England? That’s the central question surrounding the plot of Anne Rice and Christopher Rice’s Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris.

Set in 1914, with World War I looming, Ramses the Damned finds Ramses, who goes by Reginald Ramsey, and his lover, Julie Stratford, receiving a letter from Ramsey’s queen, Bektaten. Bektaten wants the couple to avoid the coming conflict by fleeing to the U.S.

Russian spies, however, who don’t realize the King of England is immortal, try to assassinate the monarch. While the spies’ attempts fail, Ramses and Julia uncover clues about the Russians’ special powers that threaten their lives and the world.

From the publisher:

In Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris, Anne Rice, revered and beloved storyteller (“queen of gothic lit, the maestro of the monstrous and the diva of the devious” — The Philadelphia Inquirer), in collaboration with her son, acclaimed bestselling novelist Christopher Rice (“a magician; a master” –Peter Straub), bring us another thrilling, seductive tale of high adventure, romance, history, and suspense.

ANNE RICE ENTERS THE TWILIGHT ZONE (PART 2)

ANNE RICE ENTERS THE TWILIGHT ZONE (PART 1)

ROD SERLING'S THE TWILIGHT ZONE MAGAZINE

Vol. 5 No. 4

October, 1985

TZ Publications

Publisher: Milton J. Cuevas

Associate Publisher and Consulting Editor: Carol Serling

Editor: Michael Blaine

Cover: Josie Yee

Pages: 98

Cover price: $2.50

We last left off in this series of posts with THE TWILIGHT ZONE MAGAZINE #5. It seemed appropriate to jump ahead several years later to pay tribute to the late Anne Rice's greatest fictional creation, Lestat de Lioncourt, from her famous series of vampire novels. This issue of TZ features an exclusive excerpt from "The Vampire Lestat" (1985), the follow-up novel to the first in the series, "Interview With the Vampire" (1976). It must have been quite a scoop and I would venture a guess that this was one of the better selling issues in the magazine's history.

But Lestat is not the only character lurking within these pages. There are other notable writers who contributed to this issue. "The  Secret of Rowena" is by one of my favorite authors, Ray Russel, and Donald R. Burleson, known for his contributions to the Lovecraft Mythos, offers "The Terminator".

But the one story from this issue that left me haunted was "The Night People", by Michael Reaves. After several more readings over the years, it has not lost its eeriness. I'll let you decide. Reaves is known for his scriptwriting of a number of animated series and several Star Trek novels. "The Night People" appeared in his eponymous collection published in 2005.