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Clive Barker’s new horror series opens with two man‑spirits seeking the ultimate Art, inviting their mortal offspring into a deadly conflict. The tension escalates when a forbidden love between two children turns the war into a new ferocity.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Clive Barker
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