THE BALINESE TWINS ? Beautiful and exotic, they exchange an island par adise for the shabby squalor of London, and innocence for corruption. THE SICILIAN- Ricky Delgado strikes a devil?s bargain with a blood god dess: ?Build my temple and bring me the souls of damaged people, and y ou will see what rewards I give.? THE COURTESAN ? Elizabeth makes her living from men?s desire. With a flick of the switch in her head, she feels nothing: no pain, no hate, no sorrow, no joy. THE ARTIST ? Anis takes to painting as an outlet for his rage. His artist?s eye knows hi s subjects before they know themselves, and he paints them all, a gall ery of broken people. Can they escape the deadly web of decadence and sin?