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"In the wake of their Aunt Amity's suicide, Scott and Madeline Madden are summoned to Caveat, the eerie, decaying mansion in the Hollywood hills in which they were raised. But their decadent and reclusive cousins, the malicious wheelchair-bound Claimayne and his sister, Ariel, do not welcome Scott and Madeline's return to the childhood home they once shared. While Scott desperately wants to go back to their shabby south of Sunset lives, he cannot pry his sister away from this old house that is a conduit for the supernatural.
Decorated by bits salvaged from old hotels and movie sets, Caveat hides a dark family secret that stretches back to the golden days of Rudolph Valentino and the silent film stars. A collection of hypnotic abstract images inked on paper allows the Maddens to briefly fragment and flatten time - to transport themselves into the past and future in visions that are both puzzling and terrifying.
As Madeline falls more completely under Caveat's spell, Scott must fight to protect her. But will he unravel the mystery of the Madden family's past and finally free them. . . or be pulled deeper into their deadly web?"
Decorated by bits salvaged from old hotels and movie sets, Caveat hides a dark family secret that stretches back to the golden days of Rudolph Valentino and the silent film stars. A collection of hypnotic abstract images inked on paper allows the Maddens to briefly fragment and flatten time - to transport themselves into the past and future in visions that are both puzzling and terrifying.
As Madeline falls more completely under Caveat's spell, Scott must fight to protect her. But will he unravel the mystery of the Madden family's past and finally free them. . . or be pulled deeper into their deadly web?"
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Blending big, dark themes with searing family issues, Powers weaves a web of sinister intrigue and personal redemption. --Daily Mail
Gripping... There's humour, quirky characterisation and a lush portrait of LA --SFX
Tim Powers has long been one of my absolutely favourite writers, those whose new books I snatch up as soon as they appear... Narrative sparkle, great dialogue, speculative imagination, and emotional power. --Peter Straub
Historical fact, dazzling flights of imagination, and wonderful suspense. --Dean Koontz
One of the most original and innovative writers of fantasy currently working. --Washington Post
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Gripping... There's humour, quirky characterisation and a lush portrait of LA --SFX
Tim Powers has long been one of my absolutely favourite writers, those whose new books I snatch up as soon as they appear... Narrative sparkle, great dialogue, speculative imagination, and emotional power. --Peter Straub
Historical fact, dazzling flights of imagination, and wonderful suspense. --Dean Koontz
One of the most original and innovative writers of fantasy currently working. --Washington Post
Tim Powers is the author of numerous novels including Hide Me Among the Graves, Last Call, Declare, Three Days to Never, and On Stranger Tides, which inspired the feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He has won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award twice, and the World Fantasy Award three times. He lives in San Bernardino, California.
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- PublisherCorvus
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1782391827
- ISBN 13 9781782391821
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- Number of pages368
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