The Vampire Chronicles include Interview with the Vampire (1979), The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned and The Tale of the Body Thief (1992). The Vampire Lestat tells the story of the vampire who "made" the vampire interviewed in the first novel. The Queen of the Damned embellishes the part of the historical background of Lestat's story, giving much more detail about the original two vampires and the now aroused and dangerous Akasha. The Tale of the Body Thief follows Lestat's adventures as he takes over the body of a mortal to explore once more the human realm.

The Vampire Lestat recalls several of the characters from Interview with the Vampire (such as Daniel the mortal interviewer, Louis, and Armand) and fleshes out their descriptions considerably. This prepares the reader for The Queen of the Damned, which further develops the stories of Akasha, Daniel, and of course...