The Erstwhile

Catling, B.

ISBN 10: 1473636388 / ISBN 13: 9781473636385

Published by Coronet Books, London, 2017

About this Item

First UK edition, hardcover, signed by Catling on title page, has a very slight lean to binding, a hint of bowing to boards, very slight bumps to spine ends and board corners, and a touch of rubbing with a few tiny spots to boards, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy.

Seller Inventory # 97678

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Erstwhile
• Publisher: Coronet Books, London
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473636388
• ISBN 13: 9781473636385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st UK Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

The Vorrh is a vast unmapped and very mysterious jungle in Africa. No-one comes out of it in one piece.

Survivors report strange, mind-bending phenomena and horrific monsters. It is rumoured that the Garden of Eden still exists somewhere in the middle of it.

In The Erstwhile it transpires that some angels have escaped Eden and the Vorrh and are living in hiding in London, some in disguise as lunatics in Bedlam. It's also revealed that William Blake, a character in these novels, is interacting with these angels.

Good and evil angels and humans, including William Blake, are heading towards a final, Miltonic apocalyptic battle for the soul of humanity.

The Erstwhile is the second book in the Vorrh trilogy.

About the Author

Brian Catling was born in London in 1948. He is a former Professor of Fine Art at the Ruskin School, Oxford, and is an acclaimed performance artist and sculptor. His Vorrh trilogy is followed this year by Earwig, which is being filmed by Lucile Hadžihalilovic.