Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard

The plotting is simple and straightforward and like many folktales, what the reader finally wants to know is whether Cabal finally escaped the Devil’s Bargain. Johannes Cabal debut novel is a brilliant one, as the Howard satisfies through his writing style that closely resembles Terry Pratchett style but with some darker tone. Therefore he seeks out his brother Horst, a being with strong ethical code but with a few unsavory habits. After all, Cabal only suggested that the Satan ask for forgiveness from God for his pride and despite this Cabal is intuitive enough to know that he requires someone who understands the human nature. Hell, the devil is feeling a little more generous enough to lend Cabal a dark carnival.

In order to regain back his soul, Cabal strikes another deal with the Devil to bring his one hundred souls in one year’s time and after having fulfilled this, he will get back his soul. He acted too fast- and after research, he discovers that his soul is much needed for his research to have some meaning. In this debut novel, we are introduced to Johannes Cabal, a worried young man who sold his soul to the devil as it was proving a real barrier in his studies of necromancy. Necromancer is the first book in Johannes Cabal series by Jonathan L. Howard became a published author in 2009 when The Necromancer, the first novel in Johannes Cabal series was published. The debut novel, Katya’s World published in 2012 received positive reviews from the Publishers Weekly noting its believable sense of danger and a strong cast. The series is set on the ocean planet Russalka, and it follows Katya Kuriakova as she survives through a time of crisis between the remnants of a failed Terran invasion and the colonist’s two main sides.

Other Howard’s works include a series of Y.A submarine warfare science fiction books titled Russalka Chronicles. Howard rose to fame with his series of black comedy books about a necromancer named, Johannes Cabal. The author worked as a video game writer and as a scriptwriter since the early 1990’s and wrote Broken Sword a series of games.

He is a resident of Bristol and lives with his family- wife and daughter. Jonathan Howard is a English game designer and bestselling author of Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy novels famously known for his books about Johannes Cabal.

Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard