Cabal/Lord of the Illusions: Amazon.ca: Clive Barker: Books

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This summer, the acclaimed writer/director of Hellraiser and Night Breed, delivers a new experience in fright--MGM's Lord of Illusions, based on a short story from this book. The major motion picture stars Scot t Bakula of Quantam Leap as the world's greatest illusionist who no longer seeks fame, but seeks revenge on the powers that bestowed him his all-too-authentic magic.

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In the terrifying title story, a tortured soul called Boone seeks refuge in a necropolis in the wilds of Canada, where he finds the shape-shifters known as the Nightbreed. Only the courage of this strange human can save them from extinction. And only the undying passion of a woman can save Boone from his own corrupting hell... In "The Last Illusion," the basis for the United Artists motion picture Lord of Illusions, master illusionist Philip Swann meets a bloody, untimely death-- and his lovely widow calls on private eye Harry D'Amour to save Swann's immortal soul...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Barker's best to date?, Aug 30 2000

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This book is my favourite of Clive Barker's to date (on a par with the outstanding "Books of Blood"). The Liverpool born writer tells the story of monsters living under a cemetery and a man who is destined to become one of them. Later made into the film Nightbreed, this book pulls no punches, and is considerably stronger in content than the film. However Barker tells it in such a way it engrosses rather than offends, and opens up a magical world that becomes reality very quickly. Soon you realise that the real monsters are the humans, and your loyalties shift. For me the greatest writing talent in the genre, Barker has a mind like no other, and delivers big time with this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I can't get enough of this book, May 6 2000

By	Cody Menzies (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

Okay, okay. So I've written a review for this book all ready, but as the titles says, I just can't get enough. I love this story; it, in its own little way, changed my like. I re-read it twice a year and have done so since 1990. I guess thats kind of pathetic, but this novel, a tale about killers, monsters, love and acceptence, is my favorite. I guess I felt the desire to write about this because of my current hobbie (I'm writing a role-playing game based on the story, with more Barker worlds and monsters thrown in for good measure.) But despite my rant, read this book. It is thrilling. It is rewarding. It is the end of this review.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Peering beneath the veneer of life. . ., Mar 24 2000

By	Walt Haywood (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

Cabal is one of Barker's most stunning achievments. Not only does he approach the subject of the nightmare creatures that inhabit the darkest receeses of our minds but he makes them even more human to us than the monstrous enemy they all fear. . .man. Beneath the calm facade of an old cemetary there lies an underworld of dark fantasy and wonder, Midian. Here all of our dreams come true: immortality, shapeshifting, the freedom of flying to name a few. However there is a cost to this wonderous place for those that inhabit this dark domain, they are eternally hunted by the bane of the supernatural, mankind. Here we come to understand their hatred and fear of us; a fear borne of prosecution for within Midian lies the very last of the races of the moon. . .the Nightbreed. A young man, Boone is haunted by nightmares and fantastic visions of the Nightbreed. Fearing for his sanity he goes to a phsyciatrist in hopes of discovering the source of these strange visions. However the very source of the help he seeks turns out to be a brutal serial killer that frames Boone for his own murders. After Boone is slain in a shootout with the police he awakens from the sleep of death and seeks out Midian and its dark dreams. He unwittingly brings about the end of this sanctuary and along the way he becomes the last hope for these amazing creatures. He is given a new mission and a new name: Cabal. He is their messiah and their only hope to escape the horror that is mankind. Join us in exploring the dark avenues of our wildest fantasies where one can change into the form of a wolf, take to sky and rake undying claws across the moon or where even a dead man can be a hero.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
This was the first Barker book I read and I was hooked from the beginning. I loved how the story moved and all the twists it had. Read more

Published on Nov 20 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Barker's Best
Cabal is one of Clive Barker's most imaginative stories...adapted into a so-so film called "Nightbreed" that didn't have enough of a budget to convey the ideas in the... Read more

Published on Nov 5 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Cabal is a powerful interpretation!
Cabal, surprisingly, ranks right up there among Barker's best, I personally think, by Imajica! This short is lucid in it's execution, it's cahracters have a vicious energy to... Read more

Published on Nov 4 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars My all time favorite.
Electric, vivid, terrifying novel by the world's best horror author. When Boone, a troubled young man accused of being a serial killer, is shot dead outside the gates of Midian,... Read more

Published on Jun 14 1998