Pete is walking the dark alone, now that Jack the Crow Mage
is serving his time in hell.
When a tortured body covered in sigils and oozing black
magic is found at the feet of Ramses II in the British
Museum, her old partner Ollie Heath calls her in on the
bizarre scene. Former DC Pete 'Petunia' Caldecott has to
dive into the cesspool of necromantic magic on her own,
using the connections she met when Jack was by her side, and
getting what she needs through bluff and brass without his
massive magic as back up.
The Dark is chancier than ever and the Witch Finders are
fighting back the only way they know how, by burning the
good along with the evil, and trying to blackmail Pete into
helping them. Hecate is still banging on about Pete needing
to kill the Crow Mage even though Jack is gone, likely dead.
As she faces challenges more bitter than she's ever
encountered, Pete feels the loss of Jack more with each
breath. But when Jack shows up, having mysteriously gained
his freedom, is it the same Jack she lost, or something evil
in Jack's skin?
Kittredge does another fantastic job in BONE GODS, Book 3 in
her Black London series. As tough as Pete was with Jack by
her side, it is even more satisfying to see her work around
her vulnerabilities and push her boundaries when working the
case on her own with a little help from some old friends.
It's good to see a series that manages to raise the stakes
with each subsequent book, and this entry lays the
groundwork for a lot of great reading to come in future volumes.
Witch hunts are on the rise and supernatural turf wars are
reaching a boiling point. Then, just when it seems life
couldn’t get any worse for Pete, Jack reappears—but he’s no
longer the man she’s always known. Hell has changed him
forever. And he’s brought back with him a whole world of
trouble…
A cabal of necromancers are using ancient,
unspeakable magic to turn the tide of war in their favor.
Then, as the city is about to sink into chaos, Pete receives
a chilling directive: To end the war, you must kill the
crow-mage. Beset from all sides, Pete finds herself
turning to an unholy source for help…even if doing so could
destroy Black London—and life as she knew it—once and for all.
Diana here, The review states BONE GODS is book 4 in the Black Longon series. It is in fact book 3. Book 4, 'Devil's Business', is due out August 30, 1011. My apologies for the error. (Diana Troldahl 4:15pm January 7, 2011)
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