content: i really wanted to read this book as it tied together and ended both the lestat series and the taltos series, which i really desired closure on. unfortunately, i'd rather have lived w/o the closure provided in this terrible "novel", which had nothing novel about it. i nearly quit after the first two chapters where anne/lestat rant and rant about unloyal fans for not adoring memnoch the devil. talk about huge ego. and my initial excitement about mayfairs and lestat (confession,skipped blackwood farm, now glad i didn't waste time/money)in the same story made me nearly gag. why does everybody-male female human vampire taltos whatever-fall in love with miserable rowan mayfair? so very disappointed. high hopes, crashed and burned. don't waste your time and money. find anything else. like an essay by an uninterested 3rd grader failing english class.