The torrent of invention here is astounding In the First 44 pages alone, antihero Randolph Jaffe, a clerk at the Dead Letters Office in Omaha, discovers among the letters hints of a gloat esoteric knowledge called the Art goes mad with lust for the Art, savagely kills his boss, and flees wanders into a time loop beyond our universe to match wits with Kissoon, erstwhile guardian of the Art in order to prove worthy of the Art, teams up with a top scientist, Richard Fletcher, to isolate the substance - the Nuncio - responsible for evolution ingests the Nuncio, thus becoming transformed into a near-immortal, the Jaff and goes to war with Fletcher, who's also partaken of the Nuncio. The conflict between the two men spills into the real world in a decades-long feud, distorting reality and affecting the entire human race.Ĭarrying 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.Barker's most ambitious work yet, topping even Weaveworld: a massive (560 pp.) and brilliant Platonic dark fantasy that details an eruption of wonders and terrors - as the veil between the world of the senses and the world of the imagination is rent in a small California town. Jaffe hopes to tap into The Art's power while Fletcher wants to prevent it from being tainted. The Art, the greatest power known to humankind, is the focus of struggle between the evil spirit, Jaff, and a force for light, Fletcher. 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. In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America. From master storyteller Clive Barker, comes this intricately woven and meticulously constructed epic where past and future meet.
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