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Indlæser... The Fall of the House of Cabalaf Jonathan L. Howard
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I really don't want this to be the last Cabal book. ( ) Not thrilled about this being the last book in the series. I am actually at a loss for words now that I am finished. Thank you Mr. Howard...you have left me speechless and incoherent simply because I do not want the adventures of Johannes Cabal and Co. to end. Bittersweet it is. The final volume in the series is dense, full of adventure, feats of bravery and self realization. In the last volume we find our protagonist in hell once again and other places I won't spoil. But for some reason he cannot rid himself of a wart he has acquired over the course of the stories. We finally get to see more of the eight legged beauty who has befriended The Brothers Cabal. The Book is solid, but dare I say I am anticipating more. I read this series back to back and in doing so the fact that it is ending pulls me off of my feet. For the duration of the read I have gotten to know the characters, their motion and their lives. The voice of the story and many nuances of each character. Now they must stop... but they will not remain motionless because their humor, pet peeves, personal convictions and all the other things which motivate them will linger in my mind for months to come. An excellent series of books. In the back of my mind I can hear Johannes telling me to get over myself, his brother imploring me to be patient and the author snickering in leering satisfaction that his creations have bedded in the coils of another reader's mind. All right then! We go from quite amusing escapades right to OMG this is so freaking awesome in one book. To say I love this little romp through Hell, mystical monkey paw alternate dimensions, and a burning London filled with airships, cowering leeches, and an invasion spawned from one scorned woman is to say that a supervolcano is kinda pretty from orbit. I love this. Every part of it speaks of a delightful gathering featuring all the best companions our amoral but unfortunately slightly-conscience-laden hero can summon on short notice. We have another mystical quest featuring him, his vampire brother, a spider devil, a few heavily armed natural humans as they are subject to the wiles of substitute satans, reverse-backstabbing-devils, and the realization that all of the worst evils in the world are caused by women. Of course, the last is entirely justified and quite amusing. Anyone who says otherwise has not been on the right side of her wrath. Shame on you. I've read a lot of Jonathan Howard's novels by this point and I think it's fairly safe to assume that I've become a slavering fanboy. Especially after this last one. :) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Belongs to SeriesJohannes Cabal (5)
"Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has come into possession of a vital clue that may lead him to his ultimate goal--a cure for death. The path is vague, however, and certainly treacherous as it takes him into strange territories that, quite literally, no one has ever seen before. The task is too dangerous to venture upon alone, so he must seek assistance, comrades for the coming travails. Assisted--ably and otherwise--by his vampiric brother Horst and by the kindly accompaniment of a criminologist and a devil, they will encounter ruins and diableries, mystery and murder, the depths of the lowest pit and a city of horrors. London, to be exact. Yet even though Cabal has risked such peril believing he understands the dangers he faces, he is still underestimating them. He is walking into a trap of such arcane complexity that even the one who drew him there has no idea of its true terrors. As it closes slowly and subtly around them, it may be that there will be no survivors at all"-- No library descriptions found. |
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