You told us that the spirit of Amel-the evil entity-infused the bodies of all the vampires.Well, men share in the spirit of God in the same way. And all living cells have a tiny part of God's spirit in them, Lestat, that's the missing piece as to what makes life happen in the first place, what separates it from nonlife. The secret of cell-dividing life lies within God.

'So you're saying God isn't pure spirit.'

I mean the angels probably felt the physical universe was bad enough, with all the replicating cells, but thinking, talking beings who could increase and multiply? They were probably outraged by the whole experiment. And I suspect it wasn't envy so much as a form of suspicion-that God was making a mistake in making another engine of creativity in Adam, so like Himself. They are not creative creatures they have no bodies, no cells, they're spirit. That's why the devils are so full of envy-the bad angels, I mean. He made the whole universe out of Himself through cell division. Not merely changed shape but replicated themselves. He told Adam, 'Increase and multiply.' That's what the first organic cells did, Lestat, increased and multiplied. Pamela, who has come to Ireland in search of a memory and a man who may not have existed in the first place.“God is a creative force, Lestat. Casey, a card-carrying member of the Irish Republican Army, who must face the fact that five years away has left him a stranger, a misfit in his own neighborhood where not everyone is sympathetic to a convicted rebel. They come from disparate backgrounds - Jamie a wealthy aristocrat whose life is like an imperfect but multi-faceted jewel-brilliant, flawed and with a glitter that is designed to distract the observer. All three lives are on a collision course with each other against the backdrop of the burgeoning civil rights movement and a nation on the brink of revolution.

It is the spring of 1968 in Belfast and James Kirkpatrick has just lost his father under suspicious circumstances, Casey Riordan is released from prison after five years and Pamela O'Flaherty has crossed an ocean and a lifetime of memories to find the man she fell in love with as a little girl. « previous 1 2 next » sort by « previous 1 2 next » Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. shelved 9,561 times Showing 30 distinct works.Chapters from the book appeared in the October 1992 issue of Playboy. Books by Scott Rockwell (Author of Anne Rices The Tale of the Body Thief) Books by Scott Rockwell Scott Rockwell Average rating 4.32 Published in 1992, it continues the adventures of Lestat, specifically his efforts to regain his lost humanity during the late 20th century. In this sweeping and powerful epic the journey begins in the 'terrible beauty' of Northern Ireland during a time when conflict reigns and no one is spared from tragedy and sorrow, the time known as The Troubles. The Tale of the Body Thief is the fourth novel in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series, following The Queen of the Damned.

The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice