"STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING".
--New York Daily News
"Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife".
--Rolling Stone
"SENSUAL . . . BOLD, FAST-PACED".
--USA Today
"Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series. . . . Fans will no doubt devour this".
--The Washington Post Book World
"MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE".
--Playboy
"[MEMNOCH] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form".
--The Seattle Times