The precursor to Jerusalem.

In a story full of lust, madness, and ecstasy, we meet twelve characters that lived in the same region of central England over the span of six thousand years. Their narratives are woven together in patterns of recurring events, strange traditions, and uncanny visions. First, a cave-boy loses his mother, falls in love, and learns a deadly lesson. He is followed by an extraordinary cast of characters: a murderess who impersonates her victim, a fisherman who believes he has become a different species, a Roman emissary who realizes the bitter truth about the Empire, a crippled nun who is healed miraculously by a disturbing apparition, an old crusader whose faith is destroyed by witnessing the ultimate relic, two witches, lovers, who burn at the stake. Each interconnected tale traces a path in a journey of discovery of the secrets of the land.

Throughout, the image of the fire sparks resonates between the tales, while Moore finds a different voice for each character – though most are inherently duplicitous in some manner, leading to a further commentary on the disparity between myth and reality, and which is more likely to endure over time.

 "Remarkable, savage and, at times, unbearably beautiful..." -- Time Out

"Do not trust the tales, or the town, or even the man who tells the tales. Trust only the voice of the fire." -- Neil Gaiman

"A burning bush of a novel full of earthy wonder and wisdom, Voice of the Fire is a head-spinning trip down time's sacred whirlpool." -- Richard Gehr, Village Voice

"Alan Moore takes genuine risks and justifies them: you feel, all the way, the rush of discovery; authorial privilege endangered by the savage voices he allows into his head." -- Iain Sinclair

"A daring, unsettling work of literature." -- Locus

“It's a breath-taking vision that incorporates cosmic scope and microscopic detail, psychedelic in its intensity." -- Mike Whybark, Tablet Magazine

"A work of surprising genius ... a brilliantly multi-faceted gem of purest literature." -- Neil Walsh, SF Site

**THIS EDITION NOT FOR SALE IN NORTH AMERICA**


Check Knockabout's eBay Shop  https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/knockaboutcomics

There are postage discounts for several titles shipped together by overseas airmail postage or UK First Class. Ask eBay for an invoice before you pay and I can adjust the postage or send me a message and I can let you know the cost.