Product Description

Lestat is back, saviour and demon, presiding over a gothic story of family greed and hatred through generations, a terrifying drama of blood lust and betrayal, possession and matricide. Blackwood Farm with its grand Southern mansion, set among dark cypress swamps in Louisiana, harbours blood-stained secrets and family ghosts. Heir to them all is Quinn Blackwood, young, rash and beautiful, himself a tyro bloodhunter whom Lestat takes under his wing. But Quinn is in thrall not only to the past and his own appetities but, even more dangerously, to a companion spirit, a 'goblin' succubus who could destroy him and others. Only the unearthy power of Lestat combined with the earthly powers of the ubiquitous Mayfair clan could hope to save Quinn from himself and his ghosts, or to rescue the doomed girl whom Quinn loves from her own mortality. Shocking, savage and richly erotic, this novel with its deceptively gentle title brings us Anne Rice at her most powerfully disturbing. Here are vampires and witches, men and women, demons and doppelganger, caught up in a maelstrom of death and destruction, blood and fire, cruelty and fate.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38284 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 774 pages

From the Publisher
Another mesmerising masterpiece from the mistress of the vampire genre.
A great Southern Gothic set in Louisiana’s swamps.

About the Author
Anne Rice is the internationally bestselling author of six previous volumes of the Vampire Chronicles, most recently Memnoch the Devil(her favourite), The Vampire Armand, Merrick, Blood and Gold (October 2001). Her other numerous novels include the short vampire novels Pandora and Vittorio theVampire, as well as Servant of the Bones, Violin and The Feast of all Saints (all available in Arrow paperback).

Customer Reviews

A must for every Anne Rice fan!
Being a huge Anne Rice fan it did not surprise me that this aws yet another of her marvellous works that I could not put down, hence I managed to finish Blackwood Farm faster than I would have liked. Blackwood farm is the next installment in Anne Rices intriguing vampire chronicles and tells the story of the young Tarquin Blackwood who to all ordinary people appears less than ordinary, who else has an imaginary friend called Goblin, a spirit who plays and learns as he does? As the story unfolds Goblin grows into more than an imaginary friend and soon becomes more terrifying and must be stopped before the world in which quinn lives is threatened. Quinn is soon taken into the enthralling world of Lestat and his vampiric ways and Goblin also wants to be in on his new life. This story is the legacy of another fantastic family who Anne Rice has created and cleverly intermingled with her legendary Mayfair Witches. When you read this you will be captivated from beginning to end and believe me the end will leave you on the edge and eagerly awaiting her next book.

Another A.R classic
i've been waiting to read Blackwood Farm for months, and have finally done so and in the process not been dissapointed.

i read the book in a matter of days, about Quinn's life and his connection to Goblin his 'twin ghost'. Though i was disappointed in learning that Lestat was in the background, it still had the creativity of the other anne rice books and definately worth the read. The ending was surprising but made the book worthwhile and i can't wait for the supposed last book of the chronicles 'blood canticle'.

I definately recommend it to any anne rice fan.

Better than the rest
It's a refreshing change to see Lestat back in action, albeit in the background. Blackwood Farm revolves around the character of Quinn, an impulsive young lord full of life and exploration yet secrelty haunted. Sound familiar? Quinn is basically Lestat's younger brother which is why the majority of you out there will probably love this book.
Personally I feel that this book is certainly more enchanting than Rice's most recent titles yet I do feel that there is something missing.
Unfortunately there's only so much story you can tell around a vampire, it drinks blood, it learns, it makes mistakes and it pines for a life it's lost. Rice has explorered all of the above and I feel that she's exhausted her bank of inspiration. I'm sincerely looking forward to a refreshing tale from her, perhaps she should bring back the beloved Lestat as a central character...
Blackwood Farm yearns to be a Vampire Chronicle and it succeeds where Vittorio and even Merrick failed. It's passionate, it's haunting and it's alluring and no doubt those of you who will be reading it will enjoy it. I certainly did.