The Lightless Dome: Douglas Hill

Book I of the Apotheosis trilogy. In the shadowed swamps far from the fabulous city of Quamarr, a sorcerer tests the fabric of the Universe - and something stirs in the void beyond the stars. It is incalculably evil and immeasurably old, summoned by the promise of fresh human souls...Meanwhile, in a twentieth century film studio, Red Cordell takes another cheap part in yet another cheap sword and sorcery movie. A beautiful, neglected sword he finds in Props is his only consolation. But in Quamarr, the enchantress Aurilia is in mortal danger. When she calls on the Sword of Corodel, Red finds himself at her side, fighting for her life in a land of waking dreams. Cover art by Duncan Storr.