Hannibal
(Book)

Sequel to: The silence of the lambs.

Seven years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter escaped from custody, seven years since FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling interviewed him in a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane. The doctor is still at large, pursuing his own ineffable interests savoring the scent, the essences of an unguarded world. But Starling has never forgotten her encounters with Dr. Lecter, and the metallis rasp of his seldom-used voice still sounds in her dreams. Mason Verger remembers Dr. Lecter, too, and is obsessed with revenge. He was Dr. Lecters's sixth victim, and he has survived to rule his own butcher's empire. From his respirator, Verger monitors every twitch is his worldwide wed. Soon he sees that to draw the doctor, he must have the most exquisite and innocent-appearing bait; he must have what Dr. Lecter likes best.