The Great and Secret Show - Clive Barker

For the first time in trade paperback, this superb novel is being released tocoincide with the December 1999 hardcover publication of The Essential CliveBarker: Selected Fiction. Includes a new Introduction by the author. n nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERn nFrom master storyteller Clive Barker, comes this intricately woven and meticulously constructed epic where past and future meet.n nIn the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing; forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America.

In this New York Times bestseller, Barker unveils one of the most ambitious imaginative landscapes in modern fiction, creating a new vocabulary for the age-old battle between good and evil. n nThe Art, the greatest power known to humankind, is the focus of struggle between the evil spirit, Jaff, and a force for light, Fletcher. Jaffe hopes to tap into The Art's power while Fletcher wants to prevent it from being tainted.

The conflict between the two men spills into the real world in a decades-long feud, distorting reality and affecting the entire human race.n nCarrying its readers from the first stirring of consciousness to a vision of the end of the world, The Great and Secret Show is a breathtaking journey in the company of a master storyteller. nn