Of Love and Evil

2010 novel by Anne Rice

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Of Love and Evil is a fantasy novel by American author Anne Rice, part of her Songs of the Seraphim series, which tells the story of Toby O'Dare, an assassin with a tragic past. The book received a 2011 Christianity Today Book Award.^[1]

Plot summary

Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is summoned by the angel Malchiah to 15th century Rome to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to uncover the secrets of an earthbound restless spirit, a diabolical dybbuk. Toby is plunged into this rich age as a lutist sent to charm and calm this troublesome spirit.

In the fullness of the high Italian Renaissance, Toby soon discovers himself in the midst of dark plots and counterplots, surrounded by a still darker and more dangerous threat as the veil of ecclesiastical terror closes in around him. And as he once again embarks on a powerful journey of atonement, he is reconnected with his own past, with matters light and dark, fierce and tender, with the promise of salvation and with a deeper and richer vision of love.^[2]

References

^ Christianity Today
^ Random House

External links

Anne Rice's Official site
Of Love and Evil on Amazon

Anne Rice

Novels

The Vampire Chronicles	Interview with the Vampire (1976) The Vampire Lestat (1985) The Queen of the Damned (1988) The Tale of the Body Thief (1992) Memnoch the Devil (1995) The Vampire Armand (1998) Merrick (2000) Blood and Gold (2001) Blackwood Farm (2002) Blood Canticle (2003) Prince Lestat (2014) Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016) Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat (2018)
New Tales of the Vampires	Pandora (1998) Vittorio the Vampire (1999)
Ramses the Damned	The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (1989) The Passion of Cleopatra (2017) The Reign of Osiris (2022)
Lives of the Mayfair Witches	The Witching Hour (1990) Lasher (1993) Taltos (1994)
Christ the Lord	Out of Egypt (2005) The Road to Cana (2008)
Songs of the Seraphim	Angel Time (2009) Of Love and Evil (2010)
The Wolf Gift Chronicles	The Wolf Gift (2012) The Wolves of Midwinter (2013)
Single novels	The Feast of All Saints (1979) Cry to Heaven (1982) Servant of the Bones (1996) Violin (1997)
As Anne Rampling	Exit to Eden (1985) Belinda (1986)
As A. N. Roquelaure	The Sleeping Beauty Quartet (1983–2015)

Film adaptations

Exit to Eden (1994)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
The Young Messiah (2016)

Television adaptations

Rag and Bone (1997, pilot) The Feast of All Saints (2001) Earth Angels (2001, unaired pilot)
Immortal Universe	Interview with the Vampire (2022–present) "In Throes of Increasing Wonder..." "...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self" Mayfair Witches (2023)