Servant of the Bones 
asked by bethness on November 16, 2006 3:25 PM
Her first book since Memnoch the Devil, Anne Rice 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, genji, 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 the Europe of the Black Death and 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.
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Azriel is a ghost, demon, and angel -- in love with good, in thrall to evil. He pours out his heart to Jonathan, a history professor-cum-writer, telling his astonishing story when he found himself in New York City, a dazed witness to the murder of a young girl, and became inexplicably obsessed by the desire to avenge her.
It turns out that the man behind the murder of the young girl is her own stepfather who would pay any price to fulfill his messaianic dream via his immense worldwide organization, the Temple of the Mind.
Azriel takes us back to his mortal youth, in the city of Babylon, where he was plucked from death by evil priests and sorceress and transformed into a genie commanded to do their bidding. Challenging these forces of destruction, Azriel embarked on his perilous journey through time, from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, to the Europe of the Black Death, to Manhattan in the 1990s.
As his quest approaches its climatic horror, he risks his supernatural powers to forestall in the nick of time, an attempt to destroy the world and redeems, at last, what was denied him so long ago: his own eternal human soul.
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It turns out that the man behind the murder of the young girl is her own stepfather who would pay any price to fulfill his messaianic dream via his immense worldwide organization, the Temple of the Mind.
Azriel takes us back to his mortal youth, in the city of Babylon, where he was plucked from death by evil priests and sorceress and transformed into a genie commanded to do their bidding. Challenging these forces of destruction, Azriel embarked on his perilous journey through time, from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, to the Europe of the Black Death, to Manhattan in the 1990s.
As his quest approaches its climatic horror, he risks his supernatural powers to forestall in the nick of time, an attempt to destroy the world and redeems, at last, what was denied him so long ago: his own eternal human soul.
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reviewed by nexus on November 28, 2006 5:20 PM
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I had become tired of reading romance novels, and had picked this book up. I had never read Anne Rice before, so this was definately new. I had a really hard time getting into the beginning of the book, mainly because I had no idea what was going on. I kept reading though, and ended up liking the book. Its very strange. I also found that it is very hard to explain to someone what the book is about. I would give it it try, if I were you. Not too bad at all.
reviewed by harrypotter on November 28, 2006 9:09 PM