“There was such sanity in his voice; a politician’s sanity, as he sold his flock the wisdom of the bomb. This soulless certainty was more chilling than hysteria or malice.”

— Clive Barker

Part Eleven “The Dream Season”, Chapter vi “Death Comes Home”, Section (p. 507)
(1987), BOOK THREE: OUT OF THE EMPTY QUARTER

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