Johannes Cabal The Necromancer

· Johannes Cabal Series Book 1 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Christopher Cazenove
4.8
14 reviews
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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, 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.

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4.8
14 reviews
Lauren Chen
February 19, 2023
The story: fantastic. One of my absolute favorites. The narrator: wish it had been Nicholas Guy Smith like some of the other audiobooks. This narrator doesn't capture the fun at alllll. I can't even listen to it. But definitely recommend reading the book 100%!!
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Niki Mercer
January 30, 2018
It's a great book and a fun read, not at all what I would have expected, truly delightful
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A Google user
December 10, 2018
What a delightful surprise! I am not a fan of fiction.. This book converted me.
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About the author

Jonathan L. Howard is a game designer and scriptwriter who has worked in the computer games industry since the early nineties, notably co-scripting the first three Broken Sword adventure games. This is his first novel. He lives near Bristol with his wife and daughter. 
 
Johannes Cabal
is a necromancer of some little infamy, who has been digging up bodies without permission for several years now. His first appearance in print was in the short story “Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day,” published in the premier issue of H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror. Where he lives is none of your verdammt business.

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