Johannes Cabal, necromancer of some little infamy, returns in this riotously clever and terrifically twisted tale of murder and international intrigue. Norrell and spins the Faustian legend into a fresh, irreverent, and irresistible new adventure.

Johannes may have the moral conscience of anthrax, but are his tricks sinful enough to beat the Devil at his own game? You ll never guess, and that s a promise!īrilliantly written and wickedly funny, Johannes Cabal The Necromancer combines the chills and thrills of old fashioned gothic tales like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the mischievous humor of Wicked, and the sophisticated charms of Jonathan Strange &Mr. On the road through the pastoral English countryside, this team of reprobates wields their black magic with masterful ease, resulting in mayhem at every turn. With little time to lose, Johannes raises a motley crew from the dead and enlists his brother, Horst, a charismatic vampire an unfortunate side effect of Johannes s early experiments with necromancy, to be the carnival s barker. What better place exists to rob poor sad saps of their souls than the traveling carnivals historically run by hucksters and legendary con men? To make the bet even more interesting, Satan throws in that diabolical engine of deceit, seduction, and corruption known as a traveling circus to aid in the evil bidding. Satan, who is incredibly bored these days, proposes a little wager: Johannes has one year to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever. But now, tormented by a dark secret, he travels to the fiery pits of Hell to retrieve it. He hastily sold his years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. Johannes Cabal, a brilliant scientist and notorious snob, is single mindedly obsessed in heart and soul with raising the dead. In this uproarious and clever debut, it’s time to give the Devil his due.

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