'A benchmark not just for imaginative writing but for the human imagination in itself...Read this book, and marvel.' Alan Moore'A work of genius.' Iain Sinclair'Brian Catling is simply a genius. His writing is so extraordinary it hurts.' Terry GilliamIn the tradition of China Miéville, Michael Moorcock and Alasdair Gray, B. Catling's The Vorrh is literary dark fanta...

Prepare to lose yourself in the heady, mythical expanse of The Vorrh, a daring debut that Alan Moore has called “a phosphorescent masterpiece” and “the current century's first landmark work of fantasy.”Next to the colonial town of Essenwald sits the Vorrh, a vast—perhaps endless—forest. It is a place of demons and angels, of warriors and priests. Sentient and magical, the Vorrh bends time and wipes memory. Legend has it that the Garden of Eden still exists at its heart. No...

The Cloven is the epic climax to B. Catling's beloved genre-busting Vorrh Trilogy.In the stunning conclusion to Brian Catling's Vorrh trilogy, the colonial city of Essenwald gives up all its secrets, as the ancient forest seeks to reclaim what has been taken from it. Those who have been enslaved shall be no longer, and two heroes once thought dead shall reemerge stronger than ever. A man will be split in two, and a young woman will rise to the height of he...

From the acclaimed author of the Vorrh Trilogy comes an epic odyssey following a group of mercenaries hired to escort a divine oracle on a long journey amidst a war between the living and the dead.Sheltering beneath Das Kagel, the cloud-scraping structure rumored to be the Tower of Babel, the sacred Monastery of the Eastern Gate descends into bedlam. Their ancient oracle, Quite Testiyont--whose prophesies helped protect the church--has died, leaving the monks vulne...

The Erstwhile brings readers back to the singular world and mind of B. Catling, continuing the groundbreaking storytelling of his hit The Vorrh.In London and Germany, strange beings are reanimating themselves. They are the Erstwhile, the angels that failed to protect the Tree of Knowledge, and their reawakening will have major consequences. In Africa, the colonial town of Essenwald has fallen into disarray because the timber workforce has disappea...

" On dit que beaucoup de livres sont uniques. Celui de Brian Catling l'est vraiment. " Philip Pullman" Lisez ce livre et émerveillez-vous ! " Alan Moore" Une fantasy historique époustouflante. (...) Une des œuvres de fantasy les plus originales et les plus marquantes de ces dernières années. " Meriem Djebli, Magazine LIRE" Une fresque foisonnante. (...) Le premier opus fascine et n'a pas fini d'ensemencer l'imaginaire par ses nouvelles expériences. " Laurent Le...

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 charac...

Nelle viscere del Vorrh nuovi e singolari accadimenti destano la preoccupazione di coloro che abitano al limitare delle sue immense vastità, e oltre. A Londra e in Germania creature indefinibili si stanno risvegliando dopo un lungo sonno popolato di sogni e incubi pronti a unirsi alla sostanza della realtà: sono gli Ancestrali, gli angeli che non sono riusciti a proteggere l'albero della conoscenza, e il loro risveglio fa sussultare il respiro dell'antica foresta. Poco lontano, la città co...

___________________________________________________________________________________"Brilliantly wrought... Wonderful... Catling's expertise, imagination and linguistic flair are well matched by his wit and enthusiasm. Hollow is never less than tremendous fun... Catling is a great and wild talent... a raucous novel that thrills and unsettles in equal measure." - TLS**"P**rose that's sprinkled with neologisms and arc...

Ai margini della città di Essenwald, nel cuore dell'Africa colonizzata, si trova il Vorrh, una foresta viva e senziente, forse infinita. Molteplice è la natura dei suoi abitanti e di coloro che cercano di sfidare le sue leggi: il Vorrh piega infatti il tempo e cancella la memoria, e la leggenda vuole che il Giardino dell'Eden esista ancora nelle sue lussureggianti profondità. È un luogo in cui echeggiano ancora i passi del Primo Popolo e in cui la volontà di una potente sciamana guida la m...

Slender like as stiletto... a book full of sadness, madness and badness - The Spectator___________________________________________________________________________________A standalone novel by iconic artist and author of cult bestseller, The VorrhNot since Edgar Allan Poe and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita has there been such a masterly tale of feline evil.Earwig got his nickname from his grandf...

A propos de Vorrh : " Une des œuvres de fantasy les plus originales et les plus marquantes de ces dernières années. " Meriem Djebli, Magazine LIREAnnées 1920. À travers l'Europe, d'étranges créatures reviennent à la vie : ce sont les Ancêtres, les anges qui ont échoué à protéger l'Arbre de la Connaissance. Leur réveil aura des conséquences dramatiques.En Afrique, la ville coloniale d'Essenwald est en déclin depuis que les ouvriers forestiers ont disparu dans la myst...