- Fiction, Horror, Carnivals, Horror tales
To possess the greatest power of all, the Art, two man-spirits are preparing to fight using their mortal offspring. But an innocent passion between two of the children escalates the war to a new ferocity. Book One in a new three-volume series from master horror author Clive Barker.
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Grave, epic, contemporary and earnest.
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- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Clive Barker
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 688
- Publisher
- Collins, Harper & Row, HarperPerennial
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780006176954
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Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, film director, and visual artist. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the *Books of Blood*, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into films, notably the *Hellraiser* and *Candyman* series. He was also the executive producer of the film *Gods and Monsters*. Barker's paintings and illustrations have been featured in galleries in the United States as well as within his own books. He has created original characters and series for comic books, and some of his more popular horror stories have been adapted to
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