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The Erstwhile

Book Two in the Vorrh Trilogy
By Brian Catling
Series: Vorrh Trilogy
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The Erstwhile by Brian Catling transports readers into a mystical and darkly atmospheric world following the trilogy's first instalment. In the book, a tapestry of characters, both human and otherworldly, navigate a realm where ancient, forgotten forces re-emerge. Amidst this backdrop, mysteries unravel as past and present collide, drawing readers further into an enigmatic journey filled with intrigue and wonder.
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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 character in these novels, is interacting with these angels.

Good and evil angels and humans, including William Blake, are heading towards a final, Miltonic apocalyptic battle for the soul of humanity.

The Erstwhile is the second book in the Vorrh trilogy.

Series: Vorrh Trilogy

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  • The Vorrh
    The Vorrh is described as "one of the most original and stunning works of fantasy that has ever been my privilege to read" by Alan Moore. In the tradition of China Miéville, Michael Moorcock, and Alasdair Gray, B. Catling's The Vorrh is a literary dark fantasy that wilfully ignores boundaries, crossing into surrealism, magic realism, horror, and steampunk. B. Catling's...
    By Brian Catling
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  • The Cloven
    In the tradition of China Miéville, Michael Moorcock, and Alasdair Gray, B. Catling's The Vorrh is literary dark fantasy which wilfully ignores boundaries, crossing over into surrealism, magic-realism, horror, and steampunk. The Cloven is the final book in the Vorrh trilogy.
    By Brian Catling
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  • The Erstwhile
    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...
    By Brian Catling
    Paperback
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781473636408

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 March 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Coronet Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 333g

Pages: 480

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Brian Catling Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: Vorrh Trilogy

About the Author

Brian Catling was born in London in 1948. He is a former Professor of Fine Art at the Ruskin School, Oxford, and is an acclaimed performance artist and sculptor. His Vorrh trilogy is followed this year by Earwig, which is being filmed by Lucile HadA ihalilovic.

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