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Product Identifiers

PublisherT.O.P. Shelf Productions

ISBN-101603095071

ISBN-139781603095075

eBay Product ID (ePID)19050104689

Product Key Features

Edition25

Book TitleVoice of the Fire (25th Anniversary Edition)

Number of Pages312 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicCultural Heritage, Literary, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorAlan Moore

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight12.6 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-287484

SynopsisDiscover the astonishing first prose novel from the legendary author of Watchmen and From Hell -- an epic yet intimate portrait of a single English town across the whole span of human history. The precursor to Jerusalem . In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of six thousand years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters: a murderess who impersonates her victim, a fisherman who believes he has become a different species, a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire, a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition, an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic, two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each interconnected tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land. Throughout, the image of the fire resonates between the tales, while Moore finds a different voice for each character - though most are inherently duplicitous in some manner, leading to a further commentary on the disparity between myth and reality, and which is more likely to endure over time. Co-Published by Top Shelf Productions (USA) and Knockabout (UK). With a new cover design by John Coulthart., Discover the astonishing first prose novel from the legendary author of Watchmen and From Hell - an epic yet intimate portrait of a single English town across the whole span of human history. The precursor to Jerusalem . In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve distinctive characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of six thousand years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters- a murderess who impersonates her victim, a fisherman who believes he has become a different species, a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire, a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition, an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic, two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each interconnected tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land. Throughout, the image of the fire resonates between the tales, while Moore finds a different voice for each character - though most are inherently duplicitous in some manner, leading to a further commentary on the disparity between myth and reality, and which is more likely to endure over time. Co-Published by Top Shelf Productions (USA) and Knockabout (UK). With a new cover design by John Coulthart.

LC Classification NumberPR6063.O593V65 2021