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Coldheart Canyon
Coldheart Canyon
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Hollywood has made a star of Todd Pickett. But time is catching up with him. He doesn't have the perfect looks he had last year. After plastic surgery goes awry, Todd needs somewhere to hide away for a few months while his scars heal. As Todd settles into a mansion in Coldheart Canyon—a corner of the city so secret it doesn't even appear on any map—Tammy Lauper, the president of his fan club, comes to the City of Angels determined to solve the mystery of Todd's disappearance. Her journey will not be an easy one. The closer she gets to Todd the more of Coldheart Canyon's secrets she uncovers: the ghosts of the A-list stars who came to the Canyon for wild parties; Katya Lupi, the cold-hearted, now-forgotten star for whom the Canyon was named, who is alive and exquisite after a hundred years; and, finally, the door in the bowels of Katya's dream palace that reputedly...
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Hollywood has made a star of Todd Pickett. But time is catching up with him. He doesn't have the perfect looks he had last year. After plastic surgery goes awry, Todd needs somewhere to hide away for a few months while his scars heal. As Todd settles into a mansion in Coldheart Canyon—a corner of the city so secret it doesn't even appear on any map—Tammy Lauper, the president of his fan club, comes to the City of Angels determined to solve the mystery of Todd's disappearance. Her journey will not be an easy one. The closer she gets to Todd the more of Coldheart Canyon's secrets she uncovers: the ghosts of the A-list stars who came to the Canyon for wild parties; Katya Lupi, the cold-hearted, now-forgotten star for whom the Canyon was named, who is alive and exquisite after a hundred years; and, finally, the door in the bowels of Katya's dream palace that reputedly open up to another world, the Devil's Country. No one who has ever ventured to this dark, barbaric corner of hell has returned without their souls shadowed by what they'd seen and done. Mingling an insider's view of modern Hollywood with a wild streak of visionary fantasy, Coldheart Canyon is a book without parallel: an irresistible and unmerciful picture of Hollywood and its demons, told with all the style and raw narrative power that have made Clive Barker's books and films a phenomenon worldwide.

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About Clive

Clive Barker is an English author, film director, and visual artist.

Barker was born in Liverpool, England. He studied English and philosophy at Liverpool University.

Barker is one of the leading authors of contemporary horror/fantasy, writing in the horror...

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Published Reviews

Nov.18.2007

Clive Barker's career has been building up to The Great and Secret Show. With each book, he's been moving toward a sort of fiction that is grander than the usual horror novel but that is also a...

Dec.13.2007

A recent 16-page supplement to Publishers Weekly, titled “The Relaunch of Clive Barker,” breathlessly described the full range of Mr. Barker’s talents. He is not simply the filmmaker who brought us...