The Detective

A second adventure featuring the selfish, amoral, necromancer, Johannes Cabal was an automatic buy for me. The first story, Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, was just too much fun, witty, and with a unique plot. This go-round may not be as captivating as the first, but it too is full of dry wit, and Johannes Cabal's unique world view. He's quite an interesting character as evil bastards go. I read this story punctuated by much snickering. This time finds Johannes aboard a very cool airship (a diagram is included) with a mysterious murderer aboard. He tries his hand at detective work purely out of self-interest, of course. Some parts of the story are much stronger than others, but I read the whole thing in a week which is relatively fast for me. I will eagerly snap up the third Johannes Cabal story (due next winter) as soon as possible.