Clive Barker, Weaveworld

Clive Barker, Weaveworld - Synopsis:

"Weaveworld begins with a rug, a wondrous, magnificent rug into which a world has been woven. It is the world of the Seerkind, a people more ancient than man, who possess raptures - the power to make magic. In the last century, they were hunted down by an unspeakable horror known as the Scourge, and, threatened with annihilation, they worked their strongest raptures to weave themselves and their culture into a rug for safekeeping. Since then, the rug has been guarded by human caretakers. The last of the caretakers has just died.

Vying for possession of the rug is a spectrum of unforgettable characters: Suzanna, granddaughter of the last caretaker, who feels the pull of the Weaveworld long before she knows the extent of her own powers; Calhoun Mooney, a pigeon-raising clerk who finds the world he's always dreamed of in a fleeting glimpse of the rug; Immacolata, an exiled Seerkind witch intent on destroying her race even if it means calling back the Scourge; and her sidekick, Shadwell, the Salesman, who will sell the Weaveworld to the highest bidder.

In the course of the novel the rug is unwoven, and we travel deep into the glorious raptures of the Weaveworld before we witness the final, cataclysmic struggle for its possession".

Barker lets loose his imagination as he takes you on an unforgettable trip to fantastic and incredible worlds of pure fantasy. His writing style engrosses the reader deep within the pages, immersing you into a dark and wonderful land of the unbelievable. He takes you on a trip of the magical and macabre and celebrates the potential of the human imagination.

The novel will grip you from the start and keep you desperate to keep reading. It is a book of dark fantasy that leaves you breathless after each page. First published back in 1987, the novel has remained one of the most talked about of Barker's books to date.

With so many of Barker's novels, you can't help but wonder at the symbolism within the stories. The characters often reflect and resemble his ideas and views on his life and the society around him. This brings in a whole new level to the book, where one starts to interpret the messages and moral dilemmas within the pages.

Weaveworld will leave your head spinning with thoughts and feelings once you finally put the book down, finished. It will teleport you slowly back to reality with a memory of the fantastic and magical. Nothing comes close to the escape of a novel of such talent and imagination. A book to love forever.