In this uproarious and clever debut, it.s time to give the Devil his due.
Johannes Cabal, a brilliant scientist and notorious snob, is single-mindedly obsessed
in heart and soul with raising the dead. Well, perhaps not soul... He hastily sold his
years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. But now, tormented by a dark secret,
he travels to the fiery pits of Hell to retrieve it. 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.

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. What better place exists to rob poor sad saps of their souls than the
traveling carnivals historically run by hucksters and legendary con men?

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. 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.

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!

Brilliantly 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. Norrell and spins the Faustian legend into a fresh, irreverent, and irresistible
new adventure.

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