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Horror
Title: Pandora Author: Anne Rice Rating:  Must Read!
Publisher: Knopf Web Page: http//www.randomhouse.com Reviewed by: Harriet Klausner |
 
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David Talbot is a relative rookie at being a vampire (he is not related to the werewolf), having only recently been converted. In Paris, David is honored to meet one of the vampiric legends, two thousand year old vampiress, Pandora. David pleads with her to tell him her story so he can scribe it for posterity. Reluctantly, Pandora agrees to write down her two millennium history. Her childhood was peacefully spent in opulence as her father was a senator in the Roman court of Augustus Caesar. However, with the rise of Tiberius as Emperor, her family fell out of favor and ultimately were killed. Pandora fled to Antioch where she met her old friend Marries, who turned her into a vampire, the first of many such converts. PANDORA is the first in a series of vampire tales tied together by David, whose goal is to chronicle the undead. The story line is vintage Anne Rice, though her classic erotica is somewhat limited in the tale. Pandora is a fascinating character, who has excited readers with her appearances in other Rice novels. That alone should make this novel a favorite of Ms. RiceÆs myriad of fans. However, the book is quite good and can stand on its own, thereby, inducing fans to want to have Talbot to provide other tales. Harriet Klausner
Harriet Klausner
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