Everville

Clive Barker

Jun 2010 · HarperCollins UK

About this eBook

On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville. For years it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies. But its ignorance is not bliss.

On a mountain peak, high above the city of Everville, a door stands open onto the shores of the dream-sea Quiddity. And there’s not a soul below who’ll not be changed by that fact... Phoboe Cobb, once a doctor’s receptionist, is about to forget her old life and go looking for her lost lover Joe Flicker in the strange, sensual wonderland on the other side of that door. Tesla Bombeck, who knows what horrors lurk on the far side of Quiddity, must solve the mysteries of the city’s past if she is to keep those horrors from crossing the threshold. Harry D’Amour, who has traced the ultimate evil across America, will find it conjuring atrocities in the sunlit streets of Everville.

Ratings and reviews

Clive Barkers journeys into the landscapes of mind, body and soul are exquisite extrapolations of dreams and reality. TGASS and its sequel Everville will take you into those dream journeys across Quidditty to the Ephemeris archipelago. But beware, there are those that would steal Quidditty for nefarious purposes and bring nightmares into the living, waking world. You have been warned!

Read The Great and Secret Show first. You don't have to, but Everyone is the second book of The Art. Reading TGASS first will be an incredible journey and helpful in explaining a couple of things. You definitely need this book (& The Great and Secret Show) in your life, definitely.

I am currently working my way through all of Clive Barkers books. Everille is yet another fascinating read. I was hooked from the beginning and enjoyed every page from beginning to end. Clive's storytelling is superb throughout and plenty of nice revelations that explain some things from this books predecessor The Great and Secret Show. All in all another fantastic read from a master of horror and fantasy.

About the author

Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. He is the worldwide bestselling author of the Books of Blood, and of numerous novels including Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Sacrament and Galilee. In addition to his work as a novelist and short story writer, he also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for the stage and screen.