Hellraiser: The Toll

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Pub Date 28 Feb 2018 | Archive Date 01 Mar 2018

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Description

Hellraiser: The Toll tells the story of what happened between Clive Barker’s iconic works The Hellbound Heart and its follow up, The Scarlet Gospels.

Thirty years after Kirsty Cotton escaped from the clutches of the Hell Priest, Pinhead, and lived to fight another day, her life has never been the same. Every few years she fashions a new name, a new identity, and a new home for herself; She is a woman who is running from her past at all costs, which is why it comes as such a surprise when she receives a mysterious letter in the mail, addressed to the woman she’s been running from over half her life. 

Answering the letter’s query, she begins a descent down a rabbit hole to the ultimate confrontation. Her actions stir something unnamable in the ether, and throw her into a game where nothing—not even what she sees in front of her very eyes—can be trusted. 

With equal parts economy and eloquence, author Mark Alan Miller brings to life the beginning of the end as The Toll expands the Hellraiser universe, and shows that before Harry D’Amour’s adventures in The Scarlet Gospels, there was a first witness to Pinhead’s infernal plan. 

Hellraiser: The Toll tells the story of what happened between Clive Barker’s iconic works The Hellbound Heart and its follow up, The Scarlet Gospels.

Thirty years after Kirsty Cotton escaped from the...


Advance Praise

Publishers Weekly:

“One of the most notorious characters in Barker’s horror canon, the demonic Cenobite known as the Cold Man or Pinhead, returns in this collaborative novella that bridges his first appearance in The Hellbound Heart (1986) and his spectacular swan song in The Scarlet Gospels (2015). Barker and Miller (Clive Barker’s Next Testament) suffuse the tale with vivid imagery that intensifies its atmosphere of dread... Fans who have followed Pinhead’s exploits in fiction and the Hellraiser films will find this book a must, in part for Barker’s artwork sprinkled throughout.”

Publishers Weekly:

“One of the most notorious characters in Barker’s horror canon, the demonic Cenobite known as the Cold Man or Pinhead, returns in this collaborative novella that bridges his first...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781596068490
PRICE $40.00 (USD)

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Featured Reviews

This little novella is a nice addition to the Hellraiser mythos.

While a very quick read, Kirsty’s confrontation with The Cold One (her name for Pinhead) is dark, dramatic, and full of a certain unexpected Pathos. The author manages to bring some bit of…humanity (?) to the Hell Priest.

The descriptions are vibrant, even in their darkness, and even the gore and violence has a certain eloquence to it. And it’s all set off by Barker’s artwork. This adds dramatically to the feel of the piece.

As for the ending, I was, admittedly, a little unsatisfied. I wanted more of a conclusion, though I found myself extremely curious about a little hint that the Hell Priest left – a hint which promises dark pleasures to come.

I will say it’s a must for any reader of the series.

*ARC Provided via Net Galley

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