Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence, he has now become this generation's new Rock God. While, in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Damned. He wants immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen wants him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who will win?