<b>“One of those can’t-put-it-down-until-the-last-page-is-turned monsters that has readers all over the country missing sleep.”—<i>Minneapolis Tribune</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> Corky is a brilliant entertainer with a bright future ahead of him. He has good looks, many women, and enormous talent. He also had a secret and a certainty: a secret that must be hidden from his public at all costs; and a certainty that the dark forces of magic were out to destroy him.<br><br><b>“Fascinating . . . This dazzling psychological thriller cannot be put down! . . . The most imaginative and enjoyable novel I've read since <i>Marathon Man. . . . </i> [A] bizarre journey into the world of illusion.”—<i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch<br><br></i><b>“Kept me up half the night. . . . A brilliantly alarming novel!”—<i>Cosmopolitan</i></b></b>