A novel in the tradition of Ray Bradbury, The Magnificent Gallery takes us to Brampton, Iowa. A quiet, peaceful, sunlit place, where children play happily in the streets and shopkeepers know all their customers by name. Brampton's secrets are well hidden.The dark man is coming …Mister Magister. Clad all in black, proprietor of a shooting gallery unlike anything the town has ever seen. Cut out of darkness, filled with universal night, Mister Magister comes to this place on a golden autumn day.To test its soul. And find it wanting.The dark time is coming …