<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Memnoch the Devil </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Merrick </Td> </Tr> <P> The Vampire Armand (1998) is a horror novel by American writer Anne Rice, the sixth in her The Vampire Chronicles series . </P> <P> With Lestat still in slumber after his adventures in Memnoch the Devil, the vampire coven is united around the "brat prince", and the vampire David Talbot takes the opportunity to request that Armand tell David his life story . Armand, who first appeared in Interview with the Vampire (1976), agrees to tell his tale . </P>

Who rescues marius from his icy tomb in the anne rice novel queen of the damned