LUDA

Comic Book Legend Grant Morrison's First Novel: A drag queen initiates her protegee into the magical arts in this phantasmagoric epic from this New York Times bestselling author.

Luci LaBang is a star: for decades this drag artist has cast a spell over screen and stage. Now she's the leading lady in a blockbuster pantomime. But as time takes its toll, Luci fears her star is beginning to dim. When Luci's co-star 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 herself at a much younger age.

Luda asks Luci to share the secrets of her stardom, which is more than charisma. Because Luci is a master of the The Glamour, a mysterious magical discipline that draws on sex, drugs, and the occult for its trancelike effects. But as Luci tutors her young protegee in the art of magic, 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 a 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 greatest star of them all.

Grant Morrison is one of the world's most famous comic book writers. He has written Superman, Batman and others. His writing for TV has included the shows Brave New World, Happy, Bonnyroad, and 18 Days. He has served in consultancy roles in film, acting as a consultant on DC Superhero Properties for Warner Bros. Pictures, and was involved in the scripts and treatments for films such as The Flash, Klaus, Dinosaurs vs. Aliens, Rogue Trooper, Dan Dare, and Fathom.