Johannes Cabal Novels, 5: The Fall of the House of Cabal (Hardcover)

from Storeetllr

Comic steampunk horror. Latest (and, perhaps, last?) of the Johannes Cabal, Necromancer books. Enjoyable, as always, filled with sly wit, sarcastic repartee, and outrageous behavior of the equally outrageous characters. Speaking of characters, I've got a huge crush on Horst, the "squeamish vampir...

from meandmybooks

I am under the impression that this will be the last in the Johannes Cabal series, and, as such, I found it extremely satisfying. Plenty of metalit-humor, helpful footnotes, and amusing adventures with familiar characters who have continued their developmental trajectories and become surprisingly...

from irregularreader

Fair Warning: This review will include major spoilers for the previous four Johannes Cabal books, as well as several of the short stories. If you haven't read any of the previous books, you really should stop now and click HERE. Now, on with the show. If H.P. Lovecraft and Douglas Adams had a lov...

from FourOfFiveWits

I really don't want this to be the last Cabal book.

from Shrike58

While this may or may not be the end of the Cabal novels (Howard is no doubt happy to write more if the market is there), this is the end of a cycle in which Johannes appears to be on the verge of finding the cure for death that will bring back his beloved. This will not be easy (where would be t...