I recently listened to the audio book versions of Johannes Cabal: Necromancer and Johannes Cabal: Detective, by Jonathan L. Howard. These were right up my alley, in that they were dark, but not too dark, and laugh-out-loud funny in places. Imagine a less creepy Neil Gaiman. In Necromancer, we meet Cabal, a brilliant scientist who has sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for knowledge of necromancy. Alas, necromancy does not work quite right for the soulless, so Cabal wants it back. A bored Satan makes him an offer: If Cabal can collect 100 souls in one year, he can win back his own. To this end, the Devil lends him an evil, traveling carnival, a la Something Wicked This Way Comes.
In Detective, Cabal is escaping a death sentence in a foreign land by disguising himself as a government official and catching a ride on the last aeroship out of a county descending into civil war. Unfortunately, he finds himself on board with a murderer.
Both books were lots of fun. I'm looking forward to reading the third book in the series: Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute.
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