Lestat lives! For all of us who refused to give up hope after Blood Cantical and Anne Rice’s fervent conversion to Christianity, the reward for our faithfulness may be in sight. In a surprising reversal from her vow to only “write for the Lord,” Ms. Rice spoke with Time Magazine about returning to her literary roots with a new vampire novel.

While Rice justifies her decision by saying the book will have a definite Christian framework and a focus on the theme of redemption, she admits that the future chronicle will once again involve the character Lestat and a fictional organization known as the Talamaska that is responsible for investigating the supernatural. Much like the author herself, Lestat will be wrestling with the existence of God throughout the story. “I don’t see it as a violation of my promise, because I won’t be writing about vampires in the same way,” Rice maintains.

She’s committed to one more book in her Christ The Lord series first, but at 15 months a book, we should see the return of Lestat in under 3 years. I wonder what Rowan has been up to all this time ….