Clive Barker has amazed us with WeaveWorld and Everville. His charcters are rich and involving. Every book so far has been an occasion to take the week-end off and spend 48 hours in suspense and awe. What happened here? Seems that Mr. Barker has gone the way of Stephen King. Once a great master, King has lost his touch of affecting our psyche and making us look over our shoulders at night. Barker had that same affect until Galilee. Great horror novelist should avoid the romance novel and stay with there art, scaring the hell out of the reader. I hope that Barkers recent trend with Sacrament and Galilee is not the end of another great horror writer and the beginning of another Stephen King "Insomnia," or "Rose Matter."