Cabal
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4.4 • 80 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Cabal is the story of Boone, a tortured soul haunted by the conviction that he has committed atrocious crimes. In a necropolis in the wilds of Canada, he seeks refuge and finds the last great creatures of the world - the shape-shifters known as the Nightbreed. They are possessed of unearthly powers-and so is Boone. In the hunt for Boone, they too will be hunted. Now only the courage of this strange human can save them from extinction. And only the undying passion of a woman can save Boone from his own corrupting hell...
This novella is the basis for the Major Motion Picture - Nightbreed.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Comprised of a novel and four long stories, this volume is classic Barker, full of lurid, bloody imagery and action involving large-than-life characters. It's great fun and provides plenty of thrills or giggles, depending on how seriously you take it. In the novel, Cabal , Boone, a recovering psychotic, is cleverly manipulated by his psychiatrist, Decker, into believing that he has committed several savage murders. Decker, of course, is the villain, but Boone does not catch on. Considering himself unfit for human society, Boone flees, eventually to come upon Midian, a large crypt inhabited by the Nightbreed, dead souls in shape-changing bodies, neither good nor evil, who turn Boone into one of their own. Of the shorter works, the best written is ``The Life of Death,'' about a woman who becomes enthralled by death and is transformed into a kind of Typhoid Mary. Another, ``The Last Illusion,'' which concerns the fate of a magician's corpse, is full of intriguing moments. First serial to Penthouse; Doubleday Book Club main selection; Literary Guild featured alternate.
Customer Reviews
Solid Horror Novella
Not one of Barker’s best horror fiction novellas (definitely not on par with “Books of Blood” or “The Hellbound Heart”), this is still an entertaining read and I do prefer it to its film adaptation “Nightbreed”, which I felt was more or less a special effects extravaganza. If you’re looking for a quick Horror Fiction fix however I’d definitely recommend checking it out if you’ve all ready read Barker’s other works from the era.
Monsters, killers, and crazy cops
It was a fun short story. Been on a Clive Barker binge and this is a story I’ve been waiting to get into. Definitely worth the wait. The story has a dab of slasher/supernatural horror.
Review
Watch the movie first and then I read the book definitely lived up to expectation and then some, I love all the extra details.