When its first issue was released in 2013, Clive Barker's Next Testament comic book series introduced readers to a vengeful God through the lens of the great imaginer. While the final issue of the ambitious BOOM! Studios series came out in 2014, the story will come to life once again in a new novelization by Barker's creative collaborator, Mark Alan Miller.
Scheduled for a 2017 release from Earthling Publications, the Next Testament novel will feature a foreword, cover, and interior art by Barker, with an introduction by prolific author F. Paul Wilson.
Copies of the hardcover version of this novel will be extremely limited, with only 350 gift copies, 100 deluxe copies, and 15 lettered copies being released. Below, we have the story's official synopsis and a look at Barker's cover art. To learn more, visit:
From Earthling Publications: "The novelization of the acclaimed BOOM! Studios comic book series!
Since the dawn of time, man has looked to the heavens and pondered the existence of a greater power. Is there a God? Clive Barker and Mark Alan Miller have discovered the answer to that question. God is real, and He is out for blood.…
In a desert wasteland, Julian Desmond unearths a figure unlike any other, who calls himself Wick…and who claims to be the God of the Old Testament. Julian takes Wick to the modern world where Wick can operate behind the curtain with the movers and shakers of the world. But when Wick is exposed to the world's modern conveniences, he is disgusted and begins the process of bringing back the old ways. Wick and Julian's journey will span the globe, as neither merely wants to make a mark on a world, but a scar. It's up to Julian's son, Tristan, and Tristan's fiancée, Elspeth, to solve the puzzle of Wick's existence and keep the world from entering a new dark age.
First there was the Old Testament. Then there was the New Testament. Now, we embark upon the newest chapter in our collective history: the Next Testament. GOD HAS RETURNED. GOD HELP US ALL."
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