The Secret Books of Paradys Omnibus by Tanith Lee (#1-#4)
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Overview: The gothic genius of Lees great works of fantasy are finally available in onevolume. Witness the city of Paradyss life and history through the eyes of itsprovocative and perverse citizens, in this darkly fascinating odyssey as onlythe award-winning author could imagine it.
Genre: Fiction » Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Includes:
The Book of the Damned (1988)
Three novellas linked by their setting in the strange magical city of Paradys, in a timeless France, evoke an alternate world of dark fantasy, bizarre imagination, and decadent atmosphere.
The Book of the Beast (1988)
It was created on the fifth day of the Earth; not bird, nor man, nor lizard, but somehow all at once – the Beast. Through the ages, men have fought it with sorcery, alchemy and chastity, yet all the while there were cries in the night and blood on the stones in the morning. From the most ancient of days, passed through the seed of generations, still it preys – on the unlucky, the unwary, the unchaste.
The Book of the Dead (1991) (collection of short stories)
In the final two volumes of the Paradys series, Tanith Lee completes this thrillingly dark and decadent alternate world, the imagined city of Paradys. In The Book of the Dead, the dark atmosphere is charged with hedonism, sexuality and death in eight interlocking short stories. In The Book of the Mad a seductive nightmare unfolds in three parallel versions of the city — Paradis, Paradys and Paradise. Connected by a labyrinth of ice whose dangers are amplified by the will and emotion of its lunatic travelers, these cities provide the stage for a drama of mythical proportions, setting up a darkly dazzling finish to The Secret Books of Paradys.
The Book of the Mad (1993)
In her darkly dazzling finish to The Secret Books of Paradys, Tanith Lee tempts the reader with a tale of horror, lust and madness that leaves no perversity untouched, no taboo unbroken. This time, the seductive nightmare unfolds in three parallel versions of the City – Paradis, Paradys and Paradise. Connected by a labyrinth of ice whose dangers are amplified by the will and emotion of its lunatic travelers, these cities and their mad and near-mad denizens provide the stage for a drama of mythical proportions that none of the players can fully comprehend. Among the mad and the doomed are the murderous, remorseless siblings Felion and Smara; the violated woman-child Hilde; and Leocadia, the artist and visionary. Combining horror and hedonism, art and eroticism, Lee offers an aesthete’s amoral view of beauty, pleasure and pain in her inimitable high style. This fourth book in the Paradys series is linked brilliantly to the previous three – The Book of the Damned, The Book of the Beast, and The Book of the Dead – not by plot but by its shared venue: the fantastic, Gothic, atmospheric and changeable city of Paradys.
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