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Reissue of the highly acclaimed thriller by the world's most outstanding dark fantasist. WEAVEWORLD is an epic adventure of the imagination. It begins with a carpet in which a world of rapture and enchantment is hiding; a world which comes to life, alerting the dark forces and beginning a... read more

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  • ““That which is imagined can never be lost.””

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Nothing ever begins.

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Book One: IN THE KINGDOM OF THE CUCKOO

Part One: Wild Blue Yonder
I Homing
II The Pursuers
III Who Moved the Ground
IV Contact
V Before the Dark
VI Mad Mooney

Part Two: Births, Deaths and Marriages
I The Suit of Lights
II The Skin of the Teeth
III Selling Heaven
IV Nuptials
V In the Arms of Mama Pus
VI Sick Souls
VII The Tall-Boy
VIII Following the Thread
IX Finders Keepers
X The Menstrum

Part Three: The Exiles
I The River
II Walking in the Dark
III Was She Told
IV Night Terrors
V From the Mouths of Babes
VI Events in a High Wind
VII the Aftermath
VIII Necessary Evils
IX On the Might of Princes
X Humankindnness
XI Three Vignettes

Part Four: What Price for Wonderland
I To Sell is to Own
II Tell Me No Lies
III So Near, So Far
IV Breaking the Law
V Threshold

Book Two: THE FUGUE

Part Five: Revels
I Cal, Amongst Miracles
II At the Lake, and Later
III Delusions
IV Allegiances
V The Orchard of Lemuel Lo
VI Capra's House
VII Shadwell on High
VIII The Virgin Blooded
IX Never, and Again
X The Summons
XI At the Gazebo
XII A Vanishing Breed
XIII A Proposal

Part Six: Back Among the Bird Men
I Times's Gone by
II Despair
III Forgetfulness
IV The Nomads
V Our Lady of the Bones
VI The Brittle Machine
VII Tales of a Spook City

Part Seven: The Demagogue
I The MEssenger
II Seeing the Light
III Charisma
IV As Good Men Go
V The Hours Pass
VI Hello, Stranger
VII Lost Causes
VIII New Eyes for Old
IX A Secret Place
X Fatalities
XI Cal, Travelling North
XII Resolution

Part Eight: The Return
I Strategy
II The Burial Party
III The Horse Unharnessed
IV The Rope-Dancers
V Nonesuch
VI The Flesh is Weak
VII An Open Book
VIII The Essential Dragon
IX The Fire
X Uneatrhly Delights
XI A Witness
XII One Fell Swoop
XIII A Fleeting Glimpse
XIV The Narrow Bright

Part Nine: Into the Gyre
I Trespassers
II The Temple
III The Miracle of the Loom
IV Shadwell
V A Fragile Peace

Book Three: OUT OF THE EMPTY QUARTER

Part Ten: The Search for the Scourge
I No Rest for the Wicked
II Oblivion
III The Wall
IV Uriel

Part Eleven: The Dream Season
I Portrait of the Hero as a Young Lunatic
II Representations
III No Lullabies
IV The Shrine of the Mortalities
V The Naked Flame
VI Death Comes Home

Part Twelve: Stalking Paradise
I A Chapter of Accidents
II Dust and Ashes
III The Secret Isle
IV Past Hope

Part Thirteen: Magic Night
I Blizzard
II Shelter from the Storm
III On the Hill
IV Symmetry
V The Sleepwalker
VI Rapture

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This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)

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  1. Clive Barker (Author)

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