A destructive and powerful force known as ‘The Scourge’ which slaughtered hundreds of the Seerkind in times gone by. However, another threat haunts their past. Here, the inhabitants of this secret world, known as the Seerkind, have concealed themselves away from the torments of mankind via a magic they named the ‘Rapture’. For woven into the rug, away from the eyes of our own world, is the magical world of the Fugue. W hen twenty-six-year-old pigeon-raising clerk, Calhoun Mooney, accidentally comes in contact with a strangely elaborate rug, he glimpses a magical world hidden within its very weave. The novel saw itself nominated in 1988 for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, but was pipped at the post by Ken Grimwood’s fantasy bestseller ‘Replay’ (1987). First published back in October of 1987, Clive Barker’s epic dark fantasy novel ‘Weaveworld’ has received much (well deserved) acclaim over the years – hailing the novel as one of Barker’s most loved publications to date.
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