Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
A charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian tale about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice. Johannes Cabal sold his soul years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. Now he wants it back. Amused and slightly bored, Satan proposes a little wager: Johannes has...
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A charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian tale about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice. Johannes Cabal sold his soul years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. Now he wants it back. Amused and slightly bored, Satan proposes a little wager: Johannes has to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever. This time for real. Accepting the bargain, Jonathan is given one calendar year and a traveling carnival to complete his task. With little time to waste, Johannes raises a motley crew from the dead and enlists his brother, Horst, a charismatic vampire to help him run his nefarious road show, resulting in mayhem at every turn.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B002DOSBL6
Publish date: June 17th 2009
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 306
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Humor,
Comedy,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Steampunk,
Horror,
Zombies,
Supernatural,
Vampires
Series: Johannes Cabal (#1)
It was a semi-interesting read in the beginning, but by the 50 percent mark, I had no desire to continue it. So when time ran out at the library, I didn't even try to renew it.The humor was on point, though. I can see why lots of people like it. I just didn't have the patience for it.
In a bid to win back his soul, necromancer and scientist Johannes Cabal runs a demonic carnival in order to win the souls of a hundred people to exchange for his own. With the help of his vampire brother, can he find one hundred people willing to sell their souls?This is one of those books that I'm ...
Johannes Cabal - seines Zeichens Totenbeschwörer - fährt in die Hölle um Luzifer himself einen Deal vorzuschlagen. Er möchte seine schwarze Seele vom Fürst der Finsternis zurück, doch der lässt sich nicht ganz so einfach darauf ein und schlägt nach gutem Höllenbrauch eine Wette vor: innerhalb eines ...
This is a curiously weightless book. It seems detached from place, from time, and suffers from that detachment. If I spend more time wondering what time period it's taking place in that being engrossed in the story, then there's a problem. Technologies are variable, references are all over the place...
Auf dieses Buch bin ich ganz zufällig im Hugendubel Stuttgart gestoßen. Das Cover sprach mich sofort an, der Klappentext klang wunderbar schräg und ein kurzes Anlesen sorgte dann dafür, dass ich mit dem “Seelenfänger” an der Kasse stand. Dann lag das Buch aber doch zwei, drei Tage unangetastet herum...
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