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The Scarlet Gospels

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Scarlet Gospels is a novel by Clive Barker. It is the long awaited sequel to The Hellbound Heart (the novella on which the first Hellraiser film was based), although the canon universe of the book is closer to that in the films. The book also features the character of Harry D'Amour, a deconstruction of the Hardboiled Detective archetype who has appeared in several other stories by Barker including the short story The Last Illusion (which was also adapted to film as Lord of Illusions), and the novels The Great and Secret Show and Everville.The story centers on Pinhead and Harry, depicted as adversaries. A friend of Harry's is taken hostage by Pinhead, and Harry must track the Cenobite down into the lowest levels of Hell to affect a rescue. Roughly two thirds of the story will take place in Hell, leading to a confrontation between Pinhead and the very forces of Satan's kingdom themselves.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Aborted Arc: Felixson's service to Pinhead ends a bit more suddenly than you might expect.
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Back for the Dead: Pinhead kills off the rest of his order, the Cenobites. Among them is a female cenobite that he had worked with (likely the Female Cenobite) and one that is clearly Butterball.
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Ambition Is Evil: Pinhead's seemingly never-ending bid for more and more power is essentially what drives the plot forward. A stark shift in character from the more neutral Sense Freak of The Hellbound Heart.
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Ascended Extra: Pinhead was a minor character in The Hellbound Heart, but is a central character here.
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Berserk Button: The Hell Priest doles out especially sadistic killings for anyone who calls him "Pinhead" to his face. Doubles as Clive Barker reiterating his own well-known dislike of that nickname.
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