Dazzling metaphysical epic-adventure as Barker surpasses his
previous ground-breaking work (The Great and Secret Show, 1989,
etc.) to reconfigure the Fall and to imagine a modern-day attempt
to reverse it. A complex cosmology underpins the vigorous, at times
horrific, action here: "Imajica" is the known universe of live
"Dominions," or parallel worlds, four "reconciled" but the fifth,
Earth, "unreconciled" - unaware of the other four, of the
tyrannical "Autarch" who rules them, and of the "God
Hapeximendios," who oversees all five (and who wrested "His" power
from the "Goddesses" of old). Periodically, Hapeximendios has sent
His "sons" - including Christ - to attempt to unite, by magical
rites, the Fifth Dominion to the others. The last attempted
"Reconciliation" ended in catastrophe - an invasion of Earth by
hellish powers - and today magic has been nearly eradicated from
Earth by a "Society" that alone knows of the Imajica and of the
catastrophe. The densely woven story here opens with a jealous man
venturing into London's dankest slum to hire an assassin to kill
his estranged wife, Judith; the assassin turns out to be a
"mystif," a fabulous creature from the Second Dominion, capable of
appearing as the erotic ideal of any who behold it. As the mystif
hunts Judith, it in turn is hunted by Judith's former lover,
"Gentle," who in time learns that he is the new "Reconciler" - and
the mystif his long-forgotten servant. Undertaking dangerous,
splendor-filled journeys through the other Dominions, Gentle and
the mystif fall in love, marry, and encounter numerous fantastic
creatures and, finally, death; later, Gentle helps dethrone the
Autarch, learns the chilling secret of his and Judith's origin,
helps free the Goddesses and slay God, and, back on Earth, inspires
the destruction of the Society and undertakes Reconciliation - with
hell-borne, then heaven-sent, results. An astonishing feat of the
imagination, immensely engrossing despite its demanding - at times
indulgent - length, running riot with ideas, fantastical
inventions, graphic sex and violence, soul-terrors, and emotional
and intellectual resonances. Barker's best yet. (Kirkus Reviews)
A BOOK OF REVELATIONS. AN EPIC JOURNEY.
The imajica – five dominions, four reconciled. The fifth is Earth, cut off, living ignorant on the edge of a sea of possibilities, mystery and magic. Only a few know of the Imajica, and of the coming day when the Earth will be reunited with the other Dominions. And they are both terrified and in awe of the prospect.
The moment of reconciliation is now approaching. For Gentle, Judith and Pie’oh’pah it is a time of reckoning and revelation. They are driven to travel the path towards the City of the Unbeheld. It is their destiny, whatever horrors or wonders that may hold.
“He is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination.”
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
'”Imajica' is a ride with remarkable views”
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
“Even greater in size and scope than 'Weaveworld'…erotic, apocalyptic, often horrifying, 'Imajica,' is beautifully written, a marvellous feat of imagination.”
CITY LIMITS
“A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination…Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller”
J G BALLARD
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