Broken Souls (Eric Carter #2) by Stephen Blackmoore
Broken Souls (Eric Carter #2) by Stephen Blackmoore
Synopsis:
When necromancer Eric Carter returned to Los Angeles after fifteen years on the run he knew things were bad, but he never imagined how bad they could get. Sister murdered, best friend dead, married to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte.
And things are just getting worse.
His link to the Aztec death goddess is changing his powers, changing him, and he’s not sure how far it will go. He’s starting to question his own sanity, wonder if he’s losing his mind. No mean feat for a guy who talks to the dead on a regular basis.
While searching for a way to break Santa Muerte’s hold over him, Carter finds himself the target of a psychopath who can steal anyone’s form, powers and memories. Identity theft is one thing, but the guy does it by killing his victims and wearing their skins like a suit. He can be anyone. He can be anywhere.
Now Carter has to change the game, go from hunted to hunter. All he has for help is a Skid Row Bruja and a ghost who’s either his dead friend Alex or Carter’s own guilt-fueled psychotic break.
If things go right, he just might survive a week where everything is trying to kill him and nothing is as it seems.
Review:
Broken Souls by Stephen Blackmoore is the second in his Eric Carter series, picking up six months after the incidents in the first book with necromancer Eric Carter once again being dealt a bad hand in life.
Eric is now married to the patron goddess of death, Santa Muerte, and he’s willing to do anything to get out of it. The book starts off with a meeting that may or may not help him escape her clutches, but the meeting goes to hell quicker than you can blink. And on top of it his best friend’s “ghost” is now haunting him, even though it should be impossible.
Life is not done tossing around Eric Carter the Necromancer, and he’s only barely ready for the next blow.
Broken Souls is just as intense and brutal as the first novel, Eric once again having to bloody his knuckles (and his face) having to fight off a string of enemies that want him deader than the ghosts he can see. Author Stephen Blackmoore brings an intense amount of action, mystery, dashes of comedy, and magic to this new world of ghosts, gods, and mages.
Honestly, I don’t usually get into these noir type stories, but the author puts a terrific spin on this particular mystery noir novel that it becomes my one exception. My praises go to the author for actually making someone like me love a mystery novel!
Five out of Five stars!
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