The Vampire Chronicles The vampire world is in crisis. Old vampires, roused from slumber in the earth are doing the bidding of a Voice commanding that they indiscriminately burn vampire-mavericks in cities across the globe, forcing a host of familiar characters must put aside their differences and fight for their survival. There"s Louis de Pointe du Lac; the eternally young Armand; Mekare and Maharet, Pandora and Flavius; David Talbot, vampire and ultimate fixer from the secret Talamasca; and Marius, the true Child of the Millennia; and even the mysterious absent Lestat. Together, they embark on a search to discover who - or what - the Voice is, and discover the secret of its desires.