The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains
by Neil Gaiman, Eddie Campbell (illustrator)
Description
A chance meeting on a bleak island draws an unnamed traveler into a journey that begins like treasure hunting and turns, step by step, into a reckoning with what people do—and what it costs them. Guided by Calum MacInnes, the traveler follows a trail toward a cave in the Black Mountains, where the line between adventure and moral consequence grows dangerously thin. Blending eerie fairy-tale atmosphere with a meditation on good and evil, the story explores greed, revenge, regret, and the alienation that can follow when money and desire replace human bonds. Neil Gaiman’s lyrical, unsettling storytelling—paired with Eddie Campbell’s striking illustrations—makes this a visually rich, darkly intimate tale about the truth hidden in the places we’d rather not look.
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paperback
Hachette UK
Published Jun 17, 2014
123 pages
ISBN: 9781472221063
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First Published
2014
Language
eng
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