Anne Rice, the Queen of Vampire Literature is advancing fast through the technology age by releasing her short story, The Master of Rambling Gate, as a video book on Vook. The short story is set in a 19th century English Mansion. The owner of the mansion dies and leaves the property and home to his son and daughter. But, the father leaves explicit instructs to burn the mansion to the ground when he died. The siblings came to visit the home and was shocked and fell in love with the mansion instantly. They had always believed their father to be insane and could not believe he would want a thing done.
They begin to stay in the 400 year old property and find that everyone around loves it as much as they do. One night the daughter awakes and goes down to find a mysterious stranger who instantly mesmerizes her. She is spellbound by the same man as her father. When she tries to explain what she saw to her brother she is instantly scoffed at and disregarded as insane like her father.
The story, that was first published in Redbook in 1985, will be released on March 1st on the new Vook Format. Vook is a new format for those readers that love the internet. You can download the program on your computer, IPod, or I Phone and watch as interactive videos are shown to help demonstrate or advance the plot. There is also a connection to social networking such as Facebook and Twitter to help you connect with others who share the same interests. It is the best of all worlds for the new Generation Y. This group grew up with multiple media and information being thrown at them. Their focus is fast and can be lost easily. This new Vook should be able to hold that attention- or so they hope.
This book is available on March 1st for $6.99 via any apple websites. There will be an author interview included at the end for those true Rice fans.
