Cal Mooney has no idea what awaits him when he follows a pigeon to a half-collapsed house that is currently being cleared out. An intricately designed carpet captivates Cal, and hidden within it is a whole world of magic and sorcery, whose inhabitants had once "woven" themselves and their magical land together to escape the persecution of evil. But evil is once again searching for them, and before Cal knows it, he is drawn into a titanic battle between the forces of light and darkness. Barker's novel, a grand metaphysical allegory about the disappearance of magic through the industrial revolution, is considered one of the milestones of modern horror and fantasy literature. Revised new translation.