HANNIBAL, THE SEQUEL

03/26/1999 at 12:00 AM EST

Fans of the cannibal Hannibal Lecter will get another serving of the character this summer. Author Tom Harris has finished the sequel to his 1988 "Silence of the Lambs," the book that sold 10 million copies and was turned into an Academy Award-winning movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. Harris finished "Hannibal" on March 23. Dell plans to release it June 8. "Hannibal" features the reappearance of FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. It opens seven years after Lecter's stunning escape from authorities. "One of his earlier victims uses agent Starling as bait to draw the doctor into an intricate and unspeakable design for revenge," says the publisher.