Barker's horror will make your worst nightmares seem like bedtime stories. Bloody, terrifying, and brilliantly complex, fans and newcomers alike will not be disappointed by the epic, visionary tale that is The Scarlet Gospels. It’s a briskly paced and well written book, filled with impressive and horrific imagery. Barker devotees have been waiting for The Scarlet Gospels with bated breath for years, and it's everything they've begged for and more. As a novel of suspense and horror, The Scarlet Gospels is a more than adequate trek into the darkness. The Scarlet Gospels takes readers back many years to the early days of two of Barker's most iconic characters in a battle of good and evil as old as time: The long-beleaguered detective Harry D'Amour, investigator of all supernatural, magical, and malevolent crimes faces off against his formidable, and intensely evil rival, Pinhead, the priest of hell. Long-beleaguered supernatural private investigator Harry D'Amour and his entourage of mortal sidekicks are lured to the infernal realm to serve as "witness" to what the demon Pinhead calls "my gospels": a succession of gruesome atrocities
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