Servant of the Bones, Anne Rice
Servant of the Bones, Anne Rice
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Servant of the Bones

Author: Anne Rice

Narrator: Michael Cumpsty

Abridged: 3 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2000


Synopsis

In a new and major novel, the creator of fantastic universes o vampires and witches takes us now into the world of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the destruction of Solomon's Temple, to tell the story of Azriel, Servant of the Bones.

He is ghost, genii, demon, angel--pure spirit made visible. He pours his heart out to us as he journeys from an ancient Babylon of royal plottings and religious upheavals to Europe of the Black Death and on to the modern world. There he finds himself, amidst the towers of Manhattan, in confrontation with his own human origins and the dark forces that have sought to condemn him to a life of evil and destruction.

About Anne Rice

It seems pretty ironic for an author to change from Gothic fiction, erotica, then to Christian literature, but American author, Anne Rice did just that. She was born Howard Allen Frances O'Brian in 1941 in New Orleans. Somehow, being born in New Orleans seems fitting for an author most famous for her popular series of novels entitled, The Vampire Chronicles.

Rice was raised in a Catholic family, but chose to be an agnostic as a young adult. She was very successful coming right out with her first novel......Interview with the Vampire. With that success, she began writing sequels to that novel in the 1980's. In the mid- 2000's, she returned to Catholicism and published novels that were fiction about some happenings in the life of Jesus. She distanced herself several years later from organized religion, siting disagreement with their position on social issues, but vowed her lasting faith in God.

Rice's books have sold over 100 million copies......thus, her immense popularity as an American author. She was married to her husband, Stan Rice, for 41 years until he passed from brain cancer in 2002. They had two children, one who died of leukemia at fie years old, and a son Christopher, who is also an author. Several of her novels have been adapted to film. Many ask about her strange given name...... Howard Allen Frances O'Brien. She answers with......her father's name was Howard, and her mother thought that giving her a man's name would give her advantages in the world as she grew up. On her first day of Catholic School, when the Nun asked her name, she just said Anne because she thought it was a pretty name. The name has served her well.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Khalid on September 21, 2024

*Due for a reread soon! A standalone Sci-Fi/Fantasy from a magnificent author that weaves an intricate tapestry of storytelling spanning thousands of years right from ancient Babylonia to modern day America. A yarn of black magic, ancient gods, coming of age and indentured servitude full of the Ph......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on August 10, 2008

The basic idea of this story seemed to come out of left field: A charming, fairly spiritual Babylonian sacrifices himself in a beautiful ceremony for the sake of his people. He dies (very, VERY horribly), and becomes a powerful spirit in the control of whoever owns his gold-plated skeleton. It's qui......more

Goodreads review by J. Aleksandr on June 03, 2022

Much of the book feels very similar to "Interview with the Vampire" - sweeping historical narrative from the perspective of someone long-lived enough to remember glittering detail, someone who was present but detached and transient because of his unchosen immortality - combined with a strong contemp......more

Goodreads review by Dan on May 01, 2008

This was the first Anne Rice book that I've read, so I can't say for sure if this is a typical Rice book or not. Either way, I'll give my impressions of it. The book is written in first person, and therefore comes with the limitations of that type of narration. I didn't perticularly like the narrator......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 25, 2013

I started reading all of Anne Rice's vampire books, then started with the Mayfair Witches, which for the most part, enjoyed thoroughly. After a while, however, I was wanting something more. After all, how many times can you re spin books with the same central theme? Then I found Servant of the Bones......more