Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67566 in Books
• Published on: 1994-02-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Synopsis
In the French Quarter of New Orleans the Mardi Gras celebrations conceal a different group of pleasure-seekers. For Zillah, Molochai and Twig, the party has been going on for centuries, fuelled by sexual frenzy, green Chartreuse and innocent blood. Born in horror and brought up in suburban Maryland, Nothing has always suspected he's different from other teenagers - and when he has his first taste of human blood, he knows he is right. Ghost is the singer of the band Lost Souls. When Nothing is drawn into Zillah's fatal circle, Ghost has to decide whether to save the boy - or abandon him to his bloody birthright. "Lost Souls" is a dark, decadent and delicious work of fantasy from the mistress of modern horror.

Customer Reviews

Lost Souls
A well written novel, sometimes horrific and other times sad, but a page turner from the start. You should read this if you love Anne Rice... It is an original!

Loved & Shared
I was first given this book by a friend who had fallen in love with it and thought that due to my love of things dark & homoerotic I would too- she was definitely right to think so. She opened up her book on her most favourite page and passed it to me and I was immediately seduced by the language, pulled into the shadows to exist beside Nothing and truly feel every moment of his unimaginable new life. My copy is now dogeared, crumpled, faded and tear stained (not to mention signed by some of my most favourite rockstars), not because I've been carless, but because I love it so much and have taken it with me everywhere.

I have always loved vampires but never quite found my niche in horror literature, but this book is different- it's unique and leans not towards things that go creak in the night but instead to emotion and need and magic. The horror comes not from the filed fangs of the vampires but from the way they steal Nothing's innocence and the new life they present to him. Cold blooded murder, carnal lust and incest.

This book is not frightening but beautiful and sexual and magical. Each of my friends in turn bought the book because, as outcasts with a love for things that knock most people sick, or simply pass them by, we can connect with it and become a part of it as we read. It wouldn't be far fecthed to say we, like Nothing, long to be a part of the world of the three punk vampires and their road tripping, drug taking existence.

This book isn't for the more conservative reader, or those that like their vampires traditional (Dracula Zillah most certainly isn't), but for teenagers on the brink of freedom, with a love for a slightly wild way of living; rock music, alcohol, midnight and bloodlust, this is perfect. This books drips not only with blood but also with true love, tears and voodoo. It is captivating.

As good as they get
This is an absolutely stunning novel! It is one of my all-time favourite books, and it just packed with excitement, and tension, and sexuality and magic.
It is written in a way that the chapters alternate between the characters' experiences and encounters, but eventually towards the end of the book, each of the personalities are brought together, and their stories intertwined.
I have read this countless times and I never get bored of it. The characters are all exciting and charasmatic, and you grow to love- or in some cases- hate each one of them, and in any case really get to know them.
Even small characters, that rarely appear are described with such fantastic detail that you really feel close to each of them.

The use of description in this book is incredible, and you can see, smell and even taste every little thing she talks about, be it the streets of New Orleans' French quarter, or the scent of Ghost's dreams.

Buy this book! You will not be dissapointed, it is without a doubt the best vampire novel I have ever read.