The immortal Morphenkinder wolf-men are preparing for a lavish feast to celebrate the pagan festival of midwinter. Everyone is invited, including some of their own who do not wish them well. Outisde the house, the Forest Gentry shapeshift in the woods...Reuben, bitten and turned werewolf in Anne Rice's previous book The Wolf Gift, is getting used to his new status, and must learn to control himself. However, he is struggling with mixed feelings about his girlfriend, Laura, joining the Morphenkinder. Will he still love her when she's as bloodthirsty as he is?

Author Biography

Anne Rice is the author of more than thirty internationally bestselling books including 'The Mayfair Witches' sequence, 'The Songs of the Seraphim' and, most recently, 'The Wolf Gift Chronicles'. The phenomenon that became 'The Vampire Chronicles' started with Interview with a Vampire in 1976, later made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and culminated with Blood Canticle in 2003. Prince Lestat is the first new Vampire Chronicle novel for over a decade. Anne Rice lives in California.