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A drag queen initiates her protge into the magical arts in this phantasmagoric epic the first novel from the legendary comics writer and New York Times bestselling author

Grant Morrison is a modern mythmakerAlex Segura bestselling author of Secret Identity

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Luci LaBang is a star For decades this flamboyant drag artist has cast a spell over screen and stage Now shes the leading lady in a smash hit musical But as time takes its toll Luci fears her star is beginning to dim

When Lucis costar meets with a mysterious accident a new ingenue shimmers onto the scene Luda whose fantastical beauty and sinister charm infatuate Luci immediately and who bears a striking resemblance to Luci herself at a much younger age

Luda begs Luci to share the secrets of her stardom and to reveal the hidden tricks of her trade For Luci LaBang is a mistress of the Glamour a mysterious discipline that draws on sex drugs and the occult for its trancelike transformative effects

But as Luci tutors her youngprotge their fellow actors and crew members begin meeting with untimely ends Now Luci wonders if Luda has mastered the Glamour all too well and exploited it to achieve her dark ambitions

What follows is an intoxicating descent into the demimonde of Gasglow a fantastical city of dreams and into the nightmarish heart of Luda herself a femme fatale a phenomenon a monster and perhaps the brightest star of them all