The Fall of the House of Cabal (Johannes Cabal Novels) Hardcover – 27 Sept. 2016

Yes I think its the end - or maybe not. I found this an improvement on the previous book which had too much Horst and too little Johannes. The reappearance of the eight legged succubus from 'A Long Spoon' was a delight - and the post apocalypse London was worthy of Lovecraft - of course feral financiers would be cannibals. I ended hoping that maybe, just maybe Zarenya wouldn't need the fifth phial of elexir and Cabal would be able to revive his lost love. But then I was always a sucker for a happy ending. There is just a smidgeon of hope that somehow another tattered worm eaten, foxed and slightly smouldering volume of the chronicles of Cabal will emerge from somewhere. if it does I shall be waiting , asbestos gauntlets at the ready.

Very good Reading

I have enjoyed the other books in the series, but this one felt a little tired and was a struggle to finish.

Absolutely brilliant. I read the first novel and was instantly hooked. The entire series has been a joy. I just hope that at some point, Howard will dust Cabal off for more deliciously dark adventures!

Looks like this is the end. On the whole it was better than I feared and worse than I hoped. Of all the books, this is definitely the weakest one. To be honest, I only truly loved the first two books and liked the third. I didn't like the fourth much, so you can guess how little I actually liked this one. It still receives three stars (which is generous) because Zarenyia (those who have read " A Long Spoon" know her) was a delight and half of the book was actually okay. If this is truly the ending of the whole series (and not just of this particular story) I am fine with that.

One of the wonderful things about the Cabal sequence is the way continuity of writing style and character is played against changes of genre (here's a fantasy horror, here's a locked-room detective story, a Lovecraftian quest, a ripping yarn adventure..). This book is a fitting successor, trusting we know the characters and vibe, which allows us to race through an unsettling sequence of worlds trying to work out what the hell is going on (the characters, not just the reader). If this IS the end of the sequence, it's a fitting one. Let's hope it's not, though...

I have religiously bought every one of Jonathan L Howard's books, my favourite being The Johannes Cabal series, but find it annoying and very disappointing that this final book in the series is not on Kindle. Why? Perhaps because it generates more money in hard/paperback copy? I will not be buying this book until it is released on ebook and I am afraid it has tainted my opinion of the author.

I have enjoyed every one of the Cabal books and found them real page turners always engaging and funny shame this is the last one for the time being, please a couple more it's great to have a writer who can make you laugh one minute and give you a chill the next.