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Johannes Cabal, a brilliant but arrogant scientist obsessed with raising the dead, sells his soul in a desperate bargain with the Devil. Satan offers him a challenge: within one year he must persuade one hundred people to surrender their souls or face eternal damnation. To aid his grim task, Satan provides a traveling circus—an ideal setting to lure the unsuspecting with trickery and enchantment. Johannes assembles a motley crew of undead, including his brother Horst, a charismatic vampire born of earlier experiments, to serve as the carnival’s barker. Together they roam the English countryside, using black magic to terrorize the crowds and advance their sinister agenda. The novel blends humor, gothic atmosphere, and a Faustian wager into a fresh adventure steeped in supernatural intrigue.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Jonathan L. Howard
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