| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 291 pages ; 25 cm |
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| Summary |
Johannes Cabal, a brilliant scientist and notorious snob, is single-mindedly obsessed in heart and soul with raising the dead. Well, perhaps not soul--he hastily sold his years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. But now, tormented by a dark secret, he travels to the fiery pits of Hell to retrieve it. Satan, who is incredibly bored these days, proposes a little wager, Johannes has one years to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever.--From publisher's description. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 In Which a Scientist Visits Hell and a Deal is Struck 1 -- Chapter 2 In Which Cabal Practices His Map-Reading and Meets an Old Acquaintance 18 -- Chapter 3 In Which Cabal Covers Old Ground and Gets the Show on the Road 36 -- Chapter 4 In Which Cabal Applies Himself With Mixed Results 55 -- Chapter 5 In Which Cabal Plays With Dolls and Horst Broadens His Vocabulary 71 -- Chapter 6 In Which Cabal Makes an Unplanned Stop and Talks About the War 96 -- Chapter 7 In Which Cabal Discovers That Hell Comes in Different Flavours and That One Should Always Make Time 113 -- Chapter 8 In Which Cabal is Educated in Business Affairs and Undertakings are Undertook 134 -- Chapter 9 In Wich I Go to the Carnyval and See Stuff 153 -- Chapter 10 In Which the Carnival Reaches Journey's End and Difficulties Present Themselves En Masse 169 -- Chapter 11 In Which Cabal Preys Upon Misfortune and There is Unpleasantness 182 -- Chapter 12 In Which Cabal Discovers Some Places are Nice to Live in But You Really Wouldn't Want to Visit 198 -- Chapter 13 In Which the Carnival of Discord Opens Its Gates for the Last Time and Things Go Terribly Wrong 214 -- Chapter 14 In Which Needs Must When the Devil Drives 231 -- Chapter 15 In Which Midnight Strikes and Dawn Breaks 251 -- Chapter 16 In Which a Scientist Returns to Hell and a Deal is Broken 270. |
| Subject |
Magic -- Fiction.
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Devil -- Fiction.
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Wagers -- Fiction.
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Cabal, Johannes (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy fiction.
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Humorous fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780385528085 |
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0385528086 |
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