Servant of the Bones »

Best known for The Vampire Chronicles, a series of dark, hypnotic novels steeped in Gothic horror, Anne Rice now applies her vivid storytelling skills to Christian fiction, most notably an acclaimed series based on the life of Christ.

Departing from her Vampire and Mayfair Witches chronicles, the bestselling author takes us into the Biblical world of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the destruction of Solomon's temple, to tell the story of Azriel, Servant of the Bones. Journeying from ancient Babylon to the Europe of the Black Death and into the modern world, Azriel—ghost, genii, demon, angel, and pure spirit made visible—pours out his heart to us as he confronts his human origins and the terrible, dark forces that seek to condemn him to a life of evil and destruction.

Library Journal

Rice's works (e.g., Memnoch the Devil, Audio Reviews, LJ 10/1/95) have ascended to the best sellers lists, and this one is no different. As usual, her central character, a human being in the ancient world, has been made immortal by ancient magic. Yet immortality has its limits. In this case, Aziel, a Jewish boy in Babylonian exile, is sacrificed in a ceremony that houses his living spirit in gold-plated bones. He can be summoned to do his master's bidding, however. Soon, Aziel is called forth by a cult leader as the second millennium approaches. Aziel hates his evoker's aims and realizes that he has free will and powers that he has never tested. Can he save the world from destruction and spiritual bondage?...For most popular collections. James Dudley, Copiague, N.Y.