![]() ![]() In this long-awaited, epic horror novel, Clive Barker brings together two of his iconic characters - the long-beleaguered occult detective Harry D'Amour, and Pinhead - in a tale set on Earth and in Hell. After failing to recruit Harry to write his Scarlet Gospels, which will chronicle his takeover of Hell, Pinhead captures Norma to force Harry's hand and Harry must go through hell - literally - to save her. ![]() When nemesis Pinhead emerges through the portal, a vicious battle ensues. But while investigating one such case, Harry inadvertently opens up a rift between hell and the real world. Meanwhile, Private Investigator Harry D'Amour is fulfilling the final wishes of the dead, who communicate with his business associate, the blind medium Norma Paine. A Cenobite Hell Priest known as Pinhead is killing them off, gorging on their knowledge to enhance his own magical powers as part of a quest to takeover Hell. The last of Earth's magicians are living in fear. ![]() The gates to Hell are open and something beckons. ![]()
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