Houdini’s Last Illusion

Harry Houdini is a haunted man. Haunted by success; his emotions; and now by some of his compatriots: famed and feted illusionists like himself. The only problem is that they are dead. Houdini knows that time is running out, and before he is ready to die he must perform one final trick, the greatest illusion of his life …

80pp. A5-format paperback original novella.
ISBN 1-903889-66-9
Published 22 July 2004

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steve Savile has written 20 books for various media properties including Doctor Who, Torchwood, Stargate, Warhammer, Slaine and Primeval. Shadow of the Jaguar was a #1 bestseller in the UK in 2008 and sold over half a million books worldwide. 2010 saw the release of his first non-fiction book, Fantastic TV, charting 50 years of science fiction television in the UK and US. He is the co-creator of Monster Town, bought by Sony Entertainment to develop for cable TV in the US, and his novels have been translated into nine languages, including German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Silver, his debut thriller, was released in January 2010 from Variance in the US. It reached #2 on the e-book bestseller list of Amazon UK and spent over 100 days in the top 100, having sold 50,000 copies since 1 February 2011. Steve also wrote the storyline for Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 3. He has been runner-up in the British fantasy award, and won the Writers of the Future Award and the Scribe Award for best Media Tie-In in 2010. Another novel, The Black Chalice, was released in March 2011.