Author Description

Baby’s blood… Virgin’s tears… Chainsaws… It’s remarkable what some magicians keep back-stage. Two magic shows: the Maestros of Magic touring the country, playing provincial theatres; the Carnival of Conjurors successful in the West End. When the Maestros learn that the Conjurors are using real magic – Black Magic – to do their tricks they decide that they must use their own, distinctly unmagical, stage skills to stop them. Soon people are dying on stage – but can the Maestros really beat a team that has the devil on their side? A darkly humorous thriller by a writer who knows the world of magicians and stage magic. Tom Williams is the author of six previous books, but this is his first novella (33,000 words).