Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L Howard

Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L Howard

Johannes Cabal returns in this fearfully funny and terrifically twisted tale of murder and international intrigue . . . five thousand feet off the ground.
 
When an attempt to steal a rare book turns sour, Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, finds himself in a foreign prison awaiting execution. A crafty plan -- as horrific as it is cunning -- allows him to steal the identity of a government official and make his escape aboard a luxurious aeroship heading out of the country. But what should be a perfect getaway rapidly becomes complicated by the bizarre disappearance of a passenger, an attempt on Cabal's life, and an unwelcome face from the past. Trapped aboard with a killer, can even Cabal's open-razor of a mind save him?
 
Full of twists, turns, sword fights, archenemies, newfangled flying machines, narrow escapes, and, of course, resurrected dead, Johannes Cabal's latest eldritch escapade is a Ruritanian romp from first to last.

JONATHAN L. JONATHAN L. JONATHAN L. HOWARD is a game designer, scriptwriter, and computer-games industry veteran who has worked on projects such as the Broken Sword series from the early 1990s. He's the author of the Johannes Cabal trilogy, Carter & Lovecraft, and the YA novels Katya's World and Katya's War, among other works. With his wife and daughter, he resides in the United Kingdom.