Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Hardcover) by Jonathan L Howard

from jlparent

Inspired by Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (my fave ever) by posing the question: where do dark carnivals come from anyway!? Johannes Cabal, a necromancer, sold his soul to the Devil for research secrets and now, several years later, he wants it back. He enters into a wager with Ol'...

from peterdarbyshire

The sort of book Tim Burton would write, if he wanted to write a book about a necromancer who's bet his soul on a wager with the devil and then travels the country side with a hellish fair. So, really, Burton should adapt this book.

from jlparent

Inspired by Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (my fave ever) by posing the question: where do dark carnivals come from anyway!? Johannes Cabal, a necromancer, sold his soul to the Devil for research secrets and now, several years later, he wants it back. He enters into a wager with Ol'...

from pinprick

Necromancy, Satan, a demonic traveling carnival, and a protagonist that's described in a way that reminds me of David Bowie?! I'm in. By turns hilarious, creepy, irreverent, disgusting and clever, it had all the things I like in a novel. It really was a delightful little romp, and I'm looking for...

from AHS-Wolfy

An awkward start to the story sees Johannes Cabal try to get his soul back from Satan to whom he exchanged it for necromantic skills. Satan agrees by way of a wager, Johannes must get a hundred souls to exchange for his own with a time limit set for one year. Satan will furnish a carnival to help...