Two magic shows:?the?Maestros of Magic?touring the country playing provincial theatres; the?Carnival of Conjurors?successful in the West End. When the Maestros learn that the Conjurors are using real magic - Black Magic - to do their tricks they decide that they must use their own distinctly unmagical stage skills to stop them. Soon people are dying on stage - but can the Maestros really beat a team that has the devil on their side?
A darkly humorous thriller by a writer who knows the world of magicians and stage magic.