Eric Carter is a necromancer, but he's used his talents and
turned them into a lucrative career, all while earning a
nice fee. LA and all its bad memories was behind him, but
when his sister's murdered, he must return to solve the
crime, and to exact some serious revenge. Above all, he must
stay alive in what turns out to be a scary, dangerous, and
unpredictable situation.
I really got into DEAD THINGS as I tend to really like it
when
the character of Death is used. Call me morbid, I suppose.
This author's version of Death is vicious and
bloodthirsty, just how I imagine he would be. The
protagonist, Eric, controls the dead, so right there this
one is given more points in my system. You see, he's a
necromancer. I dropped that term a second time to make sure
I got your attention.
Stephen Blackmoore brings us lots of
action, blood and gore, and Eric is flawed, raw and rough
around the edges, but he is also tough bringing much to the
noir element. Gritty and dirty settings give way to a nasty
world where you must fight to live, and nothing is fair.
Ghosts, monsters, and gods all inhabit the pages in this
nightmare-inducing atmosphere. And don't forget the magic.
As I look back I wonder what's left that Blackmoore didn't
already bring to the story. Honestly, DEAD THINGS is an
amazing tale
and as it stands it's number one out of all the books I've
read this year.
Necromancer is such an ugly word, but it's a title Eric
Carter is stuck with.
He sees ghosts, talks to the dead. He's turned it into a
lucrative career putting troublesome spirits to rest,
sometimes taking on even more dangerous things. For a fee,
of course.
When he left LA fifteen years ago, he thought he'd never go
back. Too many bad memories. Too many people trying to kill
him.
But now his sister's been brutally murdered and Carter wants
to find out why.
Was it the gangster looking to settle a score? The ghost of
a mage he killed the night he left town? Maybe it's the
patrion saint of violent death herself, Santa Muerte, who's
taken an unusually keen interest in him.
Carter's going to find out who did it, and he's going to
make them pay.
As long as they don't kill him first.
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