num_pages: 209
description: 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. 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 not by plot but by its shared venue: the fantastic, Gothic, atmospheric and changeable city of Paradys.
language: English
title: The Book of the Mad
titlecomplete: The Book of the Mad (Secret Books of Paradys, #4)
genres: Science Fiction, Gothic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Supernatural, Dark Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories, New Weird, Fantasy
ratings_count: 386
series: Secret Books of Paradys
publisher: The Overlook Press