The Tale of the Body Thief this feeling to William Blake's poem The Tyger, which is quoted piecemeal throughout the entire novel: At the end of the story, Lestat realizes with horror that he must have been the "tiger" of his visions. In 2007, "The Tale of the Body Thief" was rumored to be adapted into film as United Artists was interested in purchasing the film rights to the novel. Rice announced via her Facebook profile on February 7, 2012 that Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's film production company, Imagine Entertainment, had optioned the motion picture rights to the novel. Lee Patterson was to have written
In the Forests of the Night her Light Line magic out of anger, she set Mayhem a-blaze, as fire is the specialty of those in the Light Line. Lila Light, although unknown to Risika that Charcoal is her mother, currently resides in New Mayhem. Awater-Rhodes released the sequel to "In the Forests of the Night" in 2000 entitled, "Demon in My View", which takes place three years after the events of "In the Forests of the Night". "In the Forests of the Night" is also mentioned in "Demon in My View" under the fictional title, "Tiger, Tiger". Risika does not make an appearance in the novel