Hannibal Book Series Hardcover. Hannibal begins with a murderous paroxysm that leaves the reader breathless. Part kill bill, part heart of darkness, harris's latest novel traces how child aristocrat hannibal lecter, eighth of that name and last of his line, became hannibal the cannibal, nightmare of millions.
Hannibal rising (hannibal lecter #4), thomas harris hannibal rising is a novel by american author thomas harris, published in 2006. Here, hannibal lecter, having escaped from custody about ten years ago, is living the good life in europe. Hunt is an archeologist, historian, and biographer who has taught humanities, archeology, and mythology at stanford university since 1993.
Now a brilliant young carthaginian general, called hannibal, is out for revenge.
In hannibal, they come in the form of mason verger, a wealthy livestock magnate whose sexual tastes run toward little children, and whom lecter has left without a face, wheezing on a respirator; Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a soviet orphanage and brings him to france, where hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful and exotic wife, lady murasaki. Hannibal is the biggest book of the series and hannibal rising is shortest book of the series In order to capture francis dolarhyde, the red dragon, who has slaughtered two families, graham elicits the help of hannibal lecter, a serial killer he helped put away.