Life of Death

Name: Life of Death
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780061050176

by Unknown Author

96 pages1993HarperCollins PublishersISBN 9780061050176

Horror Fiction

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About this book

She nearly died on the operating table...masked men removed the cancers, and her womb...but Elaine Rider lived on, mourning. Until, after a midnight visit to the newly opened crypt of All Saints Church - a plague pit heaped with bodies, festering now they are exposed - she is suddenly a picture of health and vitality...of<br/>The Life of Death<br/>Kavanagh's morbid preference was for the sad, fragile Elaine he met before. Before she had the power to kill with her touch. But who is Kavanagh? Elaine mistakes him for death in disguise, her clean-boned guardian, her promised lover. He is something far worse, as she will learn...<br/>Also included in this volume: an adaptation by Steve Niles of Clive Barker's New Murders on the Rue Morgue, illustrated by the brilliant Hector Gomez.

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1993
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9780061050176
Language: en

About Unknown Author

Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, film director, and visual artist. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the *Books of Blood*, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into films, notably the *Hellraiser* and *Candyman* series. He was also the executive producer of the film *Gods and Monsters*. Barker's paintings and illustrations have been featured in galleries in the United States as well as within his own books. He has created original characters and series for comic books, and some of his more popular horror stories have been adapted to comics. **Source**: [Clive Barker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Barker) on Wikipedia.