In the final level of Anne Rice’s deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty’s adventures within the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of his harem. As this voluptuous adult story book moves toward conclusion, all of Beauty’s encounters using the myriad variants of sexual dream are presented within a sensuous, wealthy prose that intensifies this exquisite rendition of Love’s key globe and makes the Beauty series an matchless study of erotica. In it, Anne Rice makes the forbidden side of enthusiasm a doorway into the hidden regions of the psyche and the heart.