I still enjoyed it and certain chapters were total page-turners, yet some of the magic that I associated with Ramses is missing here. But as much as I love her writing and the phenomenal character that was Ramses, I can't help but feel like the spirit of what made the original Ramses story, The Mummy, so phenomenal got buried under unnatural speaking patterns and the late Rice's later-in-life passion for exploring the idea of death and God.Īll the things I've always loved about a Rice story are present in the varied cast and deep emotions that get explored over what starts out as an action-packed story that fizzles slightly into a more philosophical exploration. It's bittersweet to finish Anne Rice's last book and rate it with just 4/5 stars. The opinion I have expressed above is based solely on what I think and feel about this book.

I thank the authors Anne and Christopher Rice, Anchor Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this story. We could not expect less from Her Majesty, Anne Rice! This enemy wishes to annihilate all those who loved Lawrence Stratford, the father of Julie, Ramses' fiancée, or Reginald Ramsey, archaeologist, as he is known to the world after being awakened from his millennia-old sleep.Ī story of excellent quality, with a plot that captivates the reader, in which the mummy is not the typical deformed being of classic movies, but a man who suffers and loves and who is also immortal.

The book narrates the last adventure of Ramses, the great pharaoh and one of the Immortals, who faces a mysterious adversary with the power to manipulate statues and give them life. Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris is the third and final book in the Ramses the Damned trilogy and the last book published by the great Anne Rice before her passing.

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