By Clive Barker
ISBN-10: 0722113749
ISBN-13: 9780722113745
In 1986, Clive Barker exploded onto the bestseller lists along with his marvelous novel The Damnation online game. Now for the 1st time in hardcover comes an omnibus variation of The Books of Blood, the 3 collections of brief tales initially released in paperback that heralded Clive Barker's victorious debut at the horror scene.
The Books of Blood mixed the normal with the extreme whereas radiating the eroticism that has develop into Barker's signature. Weaving stories of the standard international reworked into an unrecognizable position, the place cause not exists and good judgment ceases to provide an explanation for the workings of the universe, Clive Barker proves himself once more a grasp of the style.
From an historical Roman statue that steals the soul so that it will live on, to an outdated theatre the place evil makes longdead videos stars get back to lifestyles to satisfy its personal lethal objective, to Rawhide Rex, whose immense energy brings demise to these he catches and madness to people who get away, The Books Of Blood resonates with a bone-chilling terror that's not for the faint heart.
Never one to shrink back from the unbelievable or the unspeakable, Clive Barker breathes existence into our inner most, darkest nightmares, growing visions which are immediately terrifying, delicate, and witty. The Books of Blood confirmes what horror lovers all over have found: we'll be listening to from Clive Barker for a few years to return.