Clive Barker 
Great and Secret Show 
The First Book of the Art

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom master storyteller Clive Barker, comes this intricately woven and meticulously constructedepic where past and future meet.In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing; forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America. In this New York Timesbestseller, 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.The Art, the greatest power known to humankind, is the focus of struggle between the evil spirit, Jaff, and a force for light, Fletcher.Jaffe hopes to tap into The Art’s power while Fletcher wants to prevent it from being tainted. The conflict between the two men spills into the real world in a decades-long feud, distorting reality and affecting the entire human race.Carrying its readers from the first stirring of consciousness to a vision of the end of the world, The Great and Secret Showis a breathtaking journey in the company of a master storyteller.