Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in turn.&nbsp;&nbsp;Note the similarities in yours and his, the high vaulted chambers of your dreams, the shadowed halls, the locked storerooms where you dare not go, the scrap of half-forgotten music, the muffled cries from behind a wall.<br><br>In one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of the decade, Thomas Harris takes us once again into the mind of a killer, crafting a chilling portrait of insidiously evolving evil--a tour de force of psychological suspense.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;The doctor is still at large, pursuing his own ineffable interests, savoring the scents, the essences of an unguarded world.&nbsp;&nbsp;But Starling has never forgotten her encounters with Dr. Lecter, and the metallic rasp of his seldom-used voice still sounds in her dreams.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Mason Verger remembers Dr. Lecter, too, and is obsessed with revenge.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was Dr. Lecter's sixth victim, and he has survived to rule his own butcher's empire.&nbsp;&nbsp;From his respirator, Verger monitors every twitch in his worldwide web.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Powerful, hypnotic, utterly original, <b>Hannibal</b> is a dazzling feast for the imagination.&nbsp;&nbsp;Prepare to travel to hell and beyond as a master storyteller permanently alters the world you thought you knew.