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Clive Barker - Imajica
 
   I'm awestruck with Barker. All his previous works are good, but "Imajica" alone stands as his
masterpiece. Compared with this one, "Weaveworld" is just a glimpse of what Barker can do.
"Imajica" is a relentless journey through the different levels that Barker has invented, the Dominions.
It begins quietly, so the reader won't expect every surprising turn. After four hundred pages, you will
look back to literally another world. The characters, as the novel goes on, rises from one level to the
next one, at first, like mere mortals to finish in the immortality of glory or of a deity. And the Imajica,
the ultimate dream, the union of the Dominions, may not be a dream at all, and instead it may
become an endless nightmare...
 
 
  As we know from previous Barker works, countless characters will appear, all of them with an
important role, no matter how small. Like the opening lines say, it will all end in a well defined
trinity, consuming itself again and again, until just one, the unity, remains, but at the same time,
stands as an endless story.
 
  It is really hard to express how I feel about this story. Its greatness can't be summarized in a few paragraphs. I think Barker has reached a level of creativity rarely seen before in the last decades.