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 ...
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...
The authorJonathan L Howard is a game designer, scriptwriter, and a veteran of the computer games industry since the early 1990s, with titles such as the 'Broken Sword' series to his credit.After publishing two short stories featuring Johannes Cabal (Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day and Exeunt De...
I loved it, the character was a delightful arse, his brother an interesting morality stance, and Satan...ah Satan. Johannes Cabal is a man of science, with the magical gift of necromancy. He traded his soul for necromancy and found he needed it back, so he simply goes to hell to get it back. Thus gi...
It was OK. The story just moved very slow for me. I didn't like Johannes Cabal until the last page, finding out why he did what he did went a long way. Horst was the only redeeming thing in this book for me. I'm not so sure I will keep reading the series.
Review: Johannes Cabal sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the secrets of necromancy. A little later, he decides he wants his soul back. So he goes to Hell and asks. Satan tells him that if he can get 100 people to sign their souls over to him, Cabal gets his soul back. Cabal sets up a travel...
I really wanted to love it - the concept encapsulates everything that comic fantasy should be: dark, edgy, irreverent, offensive, witty; but suffers from several flaws that prevent the reader from really immersing themselves in the story. One, the characters and the premise of the story are really q...
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