Reviews
Praise for Jonathan L. Howard and the Johannes Cabal Series "Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice." -Sci-Fi-London "Howard makes it look easy to paint a soul-stealing murdering necromancer as a sympathetic character; that, folks, is worth the price of admission." -San Diego Union-Tribune "Cabal, the detective and necromancer, is full of charismatic amorality, making him both a classical and refreshing antihero." -Time Out Chicago "Howard's ear for witty banter and his skill at rendering black comedy bode well for the future." -Publishers Weekly "Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes-without the pesky morality." -Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse "Howard's characters, relentless imagination, twisting plotlines, and use of language make the Johannes Cabal series a real pleasure to read." -Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim novels, "Jonathan L. Howard has such an effortless way with monsters and the undead that you might suspect him of being, like his creation, Johannes Cabal, a necromancer. The series is addictive." -- Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim series " The Brothers Cabal is smart, funny, and dark in all the right places. Imagine Mycroft and Sherlock -- if one were a polite vampire and the other were a surly necromancer -- up against an army of monsters and magicians. Like Pratchett and Fforde, Jonathan L. Howard puts it all together and makes it look effortless." -- Christopher Farnsworth, author of Blood Oath "In the vein of the comic horror/fantasies of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore, but substantially weirder. Although it's part of a series, the book can be read as a stand-alone, and fans of the genre should definitely be encouraged to give it a look." -- Booklist "Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice." -- Sci-Fi-London "Howard makes it look easy to paint a soul-stealing murdering necromancer as a sympathetic character; that, folks, is worth the price of admission." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "Cabal, the detective and necromancer, is full of charismatic amorality, making him both a classical and refreshing antihero." -- Time Out Chicago "Howard's ear for witty banter and his skill at rendering black comedy bode well for the future." -- Publishers Weekly "Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes--without the pesky morality." -- Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse "Howard's characters, relentless imagination, twisting plotlines, and use of language make the Johannes Cabal series a real pleasure to read." -- Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim novels, Howard's characters, relentless imagination, twisting plotlines, and use of language make the Johannes Cabal series a real pleasure to read., Praise for The Brothers Cabal "Jonathan L. Howard has such an effortless way with monsters and the undead that you might suspect him of being, like his creation, Johannes Cabal, a necromancer. The series is addictive." -Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim series " The Brothers Cabal is smart, funny, and dark in all the right places. Imagine Mycroft and Sherlock -- if one were a polite vampire and the other were a surly necromancer -- up against an army of monsters and magicians. Like Pratchett and Fforde, Jonathan L. Howard puts it all together and makes it look effortless."-Christopher Farnsworth, author of Blood Oath "In the vein of the comic horror/fantasies of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore, but substantially weirder. Although it's part of a series, the book can be read as a stand-alone, and fans of the genre should definitely be encouraged to give it a look." - Booklist Praise for Jonathan L. Howard and the Johannes Cabal Series "Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice." -Sci-Fi-London "Howard makes it look easy to paint a soul-stealing murdering necromancer as a sympathetic character; that, folks, is worth the price of admission." -San Diego Union-Tribune "Cabal, the detective and necromancer, is full of charismatic amorality, making him both a classical and refreshing antihero." -Time Out Chicago "Howard's ear for witty banter and his skill at rendering black comedy bode well for the future." -Publishers Weekly "Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes-without the pesky morality." -Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse "Howard's characters, relentless imagination, twisting plotlines, and use of language make the Johannes Cabal series a real pleasure to read." -Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim novels, Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice., In the vein of the comic horror/fantasies of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore, but substantially weirder. Although it's part of a series, the book can be read as a stand-alone, and fans of the genre should definitely be encouraged to give it a look., Praise for the Series:"Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series make for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice." - Sci-Fi-London "Howard's Dreamlands will thrill fans of H.P. Lovecraft, but Cabal leaves a permanent mark on even the most fluid of landscapes, and Howard's writing shines, sketching out a personality both fascinating and heartbreaking." - Bookgeeks, Praise for Jonathan L. Howard and the Johannes Cabal Series "Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice." - Sci-Fi-London "Howard makes it look easy to paint a soul-stealing murdering necromancer as a sympathetic character; that, folks, is worth the price of admission." - San Diego Union-Tribune "Cabal, the detective and necromancer, is full of charismatic amorality, making him both a classical and refreshing antihero." - Time Out Chicago "Howard's ear for witty banter and his skill at rendering black comedy bode well for the future." - Publishers Weekly "Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes-without the pesky morality." -Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse "Howard's characters, relentless imagination, twisting plotlines, and use of language make the Johannes Cabal series a real pleasure to read." -Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim novels, 1.) DEVOTED FANBASE: The Johannes Cabal series has spawned the type of devoted audience that creates fan fiction, artwork, and websites in tribute. They will be eagerly awaiting the next book. 2.) NO LAG TIME IN US PUBLICATION: The previous novel, Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute , was released in the US a year and a half after the UK edition, and it's clear based on online reviews that many US fans couldn't wait and chose to import copies. This time, we're publishing in America at the same time (if not before) the UK. 3.) AUTHOR'S EXPANDING REACH: Jonathan L. Howard is well-known in the sci-fi/fantasy community, but he's also now writing YA novels as well., Howard makes it look easy to paint a soul-stealing murdering necromancer as a sympathetic character; that, folks, is worth the price of admission., The Brothers Cabal is smart, funny, and dark in all the right places. Imagine Mycroft and Sherlock -- if one were a polite vampire and the other were a surly necromancer -- up against an army of monsters and magicians. Like Pratchett and Fforde, Jonathan L. Howard puts it all together and makes it look effortless., Praise for Jonathan L. Howard and the Johannes Cabal Series "Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice." - Sci-Fi-London "Howard makes it look easy to paint a soul-stealing murdering necromancer as a sympathetic character; that, folks, is worth the price of admission." - San Diego Union-Tribune "Cabal, the detective and necromancer, is full of charismatic amorality, making him both a classical and refreshing antihero." - Time Out Chicago "Howard's ear for witty banter and his skill at rendering black comedy bode well for the future." - Publishers Weekly "Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes-without the pesky morality." -Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse "Howard's characters, relentless imagination, twisting plotlines, and use of language make the Johannes Cabal series a real pleasure to read." -Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim novels Praise for The Brothers Cabal "In this volume, Jonathan L. Howard has given us everything we want in a gripping yarn: a vampire with a keen dress sense, an intrepid flying circus, a multi-species conglomerate of evil-doers, and, of course, a snide, misanthropic necromancer. But even as they're battling werebadgers and interdimensional evil, the brothers Cabal prove themselves the kinds of characters that stay in your heart for a long, long time." -Wendy N. Wagner, author of Skinwalkers, Jonathan L. Howard has such an effortless way with monsters and the undead that you might suspect him of being, like his creation, Johannes Cabal, a necromancer. The series is addictive., Cabal, the detective and necromancer, is full of charismatic amorality, making him both a classical and refreshing antihero., Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes--without the pesky morality.
