Johannes Cabal the Necromancer

Publication
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer By Jonathan L. Howard

US

 * Publisher: Doubleday Group
 * Publication Date: July 7, 2009
 * Page Count: 304
 * ISBN: 0-385-528086 (hardback) 978-0-7679-3076-5 (paperback)

UK

 * Publisher: Headline (hardback) Anchor Books (paperback)
 * Publication Date: 11 Jun 2009
 * Page Count: 352
 * ISBN: 978-0755347858 (hardback) 978-0767930765 (paperback)

Description
A charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian tale about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice. Johannes Cabal sold his soul years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. Now he wants it back. Amused and slightly bored, Satan proposes a little wager: Johannes has to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever. This time for real. Accepting the bargain, Johannes is given one calendar year and a traveling carnival to complete his task. With little time to waste, Johannes raises a motley crew from the dead and enlists his brother, Horst Cabal, a charismatic vampire to help him run his nefarious road show, resulting in mayhem at every turn.

More Info
German Title: Johannes Cabal - Seelenfänger: Roman

French Title: Johannes Cabal : Le Nécromancien

Czech Title: Nekromant Johannes Cabal