Books about Dr. Lecter have sold millions of copies, becoming classics not only of the detective and action genre, but also of the modern psychological novel.

Hannibal Rising is a novel about Lecter's coming-of-age and his rise to the heights of evil. It is a phenomenal prequel to the events described by Thomas Harris in Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal, which were successfully filmed in Hollywood.

Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a legendary antihero of our time, a genius and a villain at the same time. What made him so? The answer lies in the hero's past. How could a mute, frightened boy with a chain around his neck, frozen in the snows of the Eastern Front, carry so many demons within him? And despite his newfound family, these demons continued to visit and torment Hannibal. Until he grew up – and addressed them himself…

“The hypnotic figure of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the iconic antihero of modern literature, rises from the pages of the novel in full stature.” — Publishers Weekly

“A true textbook on the art of plot tension, an absolute masterpiece that builds smoothly to its climax… Harris is perhaps the best writer working in this genre today.” — The Washington Post

“Every Thomas Harris novel is a polished perfection.” — The Times

“No one has ever illuminated the darkness in people’s souls more thoroughly and objectively than Thomas Harris. And perhaps no one else can.” — The Washington Post

'For the last two decades of the 19th century, Conan Doyle dominated the detective genre with his Sherlock Holmes. A century later, Thomas Harris reached the same heights in the genre.' — The Guardian

'Reading Harris's novels is like slowly running your hand over cool silk.' — Stephen King