From New York Times bestselling author Clive Barker comes the spectacular sequel to his masterpiece of dark fantasy The Great and Secret Show that reveals once again the age-old battle between good and evil.
On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville. For years it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies. But its ignorance is not bliss. Opening the door between worlds, Clive Barker delivers his characters into the heart of the human mystery; into a place of revelation, where the forces which have shaped our past-and are ready to destroy our future-are at work.
It's back to the shores of Quiddity, the undulant dream sea that separates worldly Cosm from the trippy Metacosm, for a restaging of the epic struggle for the Art, major magic that was last coveted by the infinitely wicked Kissoon, who sponsored the previous battle to control this transcendental force.
Itinerant biker chick Tesla Bombeck leads the way to Everville, a sleepy small town in Oregon about to be savaged by the passage of the Iad Uroboros-a mindless, evil juggernaut bent to Kissoon's will-through a rip in the veil between Cosm and Metacosm.
Determined to thwart Kissoon, Bombeck enlists the aid of several cronies, among them Catholic gumshoe Harry D'Amour, a tattooed student of necromancy; computer archivist Nathan Grillo, guardian of the novel's paranormal Internet; and Phoebe Cobb, an Everville resident whose lover, Joe Flicker, has fled to Quiddity
Industry Reviews
"Mr. Barker is much more than a genre writer, and his extravagantly unconventional inventions are ingenious refractions of our common quest to experience and understand the mysterious world around us and the mysteries within ourselves."-- "The New York Times Book Review""Confirms the author's position...as one of modern fiction's premier metaphysicians."-- "Publishers Weekly""Mesmerizing invention."-- "Publishers Weekly""[A] dazzling metaphysical epic-adventure...an astonishing feat of imagination...Barker's best yet." -- "Kirkus Reviews""Spellbinding."-- "Atlanta Journal""Barker's most ambitious work to date...Rapturously full of emotions."-- "L.A. Life""Rich in plot twists, byzantine intrigues and hidden secrets, "Imajica" is a Chinese puzzle box constructed on a universal scale...Barker has an unparalleled talent forenvisioning other worlds."-- "Washington Post Book World""Our most accomplished contemporary purveyor of horror fiction strikes again in "Everville, " a tale of worlds in conflict in which...Hieronymus Bosch paints before and after pictures of our town...One spectacularly visionary climax after another...Exhilarating. [Barker's] extravagantly unconventional inventions are ingenious refractions of our common quest to experience and understand the mysterious world around us and the mysteries within ourselves."--" New York Times Book Review""A spectacular sequel to his masterpiece of dark fantasy, "The Great and Secret Show." For all his facility at apocalyptic wonders, Barker's greatest strength remains his grasp on the yearnings of the heart and spirit. At times profound, this novel confirms the author's position...as one of modern fictions premier metaphysicians."--"Publishers Weekly""With "Everville" Clive Barker once again proves he is one of the most imaginative writers working today."-- "The Virginian Pilot" and "The Ledger State""Both camp fantasy and majestic invention...the characters really live, even when dead."-- "Mail on Sunday"
