Christopher Carrion; Lord of Midnight

...."He had the most peircing eyes pf any man Mendelson had met. They glistened, in his bald,pale head.As a;ways, he wore a collar of translucent material that resemebled glass, which had been devised to cover the lower half of his head.It was filled with a blue fluid,which was now suddenly lit up by the prescence of several snaking forms...Carrion had found a way to channle every nuightmarish thought and image out of the coils of his brain and bring them to semiphysical form. He breathed the fluid, the flickering forms ran in and out of his mouth and nostrils, soaking his soul in his own nightmares"<br />
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Book One of what promises to be an EXCELLENT CLive Barker series, Abarat is full of characters like CHristopher Carrion...the despairing, cruel lord of the isle of MIdnight. Enjoy.