A famous Hollywood actor loses his looks – and is drawn into the dark and twisted world of Coldheart Canyon…

Following extensive cosmetic surgery, Hollywood superstar Todd Pickett needs somewhere to hide away while his scars heal. His manager finds the ideal location, Coldheart Canyon – a dream-palace hidden away in a corner of the city so secret it doesn’t even appear on a map.

In the 20s, ‘A’ list stars came to the Canyon to have the kind of parties nobody was supposed to know about. It wasn’t just the wild sex and the drugs that made Katya’s parties so memorable. There was a door in the bowels of the dream-palace, which reputedly opened onto another world – the Devils’ Country – where nothing was forbidden. Nothing.

With his refuge now a prison, Todd needs to get out of Coldheart Canyon. But to do that he must not only solve its mysteries but also face the powers that have protected it for seven decades, and that means stepping through the door…

As a Hollywood insider with a keen eye for its idiocies and horrors Clive Barker is uniquely positioned to write this vitriolic Tinseltown ghost story. Coldheart Canyon is an irresistible and unmerciful picture of Hollywood and its demons, told with all the style and raw narrative power that have made Barker's books and films a worldwide phenomenon.

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Review

“[Clive Barker] is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination.... ” (Washington Post )

“Barker has an unparalleled talent for envisioning other worlds.” (Maxine Hong Kingston, Washington Post Book World )

“A writer of stunning imagination.” (Atlanta Journal & Constitution )

“One of our most inventive and risk-taking writers.” (Kirkus Reviews )

“...in the language of fear, he has no equals.” (Time Out (London) )

“Barker possesses one of contemporary fictions’ wildest and finest imaginations.” (Kirkus )

“Unfolds with genuine momentum, in the vigorous style of a fully engaged storyteller.” (Janet Maslin, New York Times )

“Wickedly enjoyable... endlessly entertaining...a powerhouse of a novel... irresistible.” (USA Today )

“Barker’s vision is impressively bizarre—think Anne Rice meets Jacqueline Susann.” (People )

“When you’re in the mood for forgettable escapism, nobody does it better.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer )

“Riveting.” (The Baltimore Sun )

About the Author

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.

Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo. 

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 goesawry, Todd needs somewhere to hide away for a few months while his scarsheal.

As Todd settles into a manson in Coldheart Canyon -- a corner ofthe city so secret it doesn't even appear on a map-- Tammy Lauper, the presidentof his fan club comes to the City of Angels determined to solve the mystery ofTodd's disappearance. Her journey will not be an easy one. The closer she getsto Todd, the more of Coldheart Canyon's secrets she uncovers: the ghost of the"A" list stars of the Twenties who came to the Canyon for WildParties; Katya Lupi the coldhearted, now forgotten star for whom the canyon wasnamed, who is alive and exquisite after a hundred years; and finally the door inthe bowels of Katya Lupi' dream-place which reputedly opens into another world,The Devil's Country. No one who ever ventured in to this barbaric corner ofHell ever returned without their souls overshadowed by what they'd seen andexperienced.

Mingling an electrifying insiders' view of modern Hollywood with a wildstreak of visionary fantasy, Coldheart Canyon is a books without parallel.An irresistible and unmerciful picture of Hollywood and its demons, told withall the style and raw narrative power that have made Barker's books and films aphenomenon worldwide.