Anne Rice's violin tells the story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation. At the novel's center: a uniquely fascinating woman,...Anne Rice's violin tells the story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation. At the novel's center: a uniquely fascinating woman, triana, and the demonic fiddler stefan, a tormented ghost who begins to prey upon her, using his magic violin to draw her into a state of madness.