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.