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Vinnie De Soth, Jobbing Occultist
If you know where to look, London is full of ghosts.
And ghouls. And vampires, necromancers, cambions, fairies, werewolves, oracles, skinshifters, zombies, and some things that are downright weird.
When you have a problem with things that go bump in the night, you need VINNIE DE SOTH, JOBBING OCCULTIST, exiled white sheep of a notorious ancient house of black sorcerers, now scraping a living from a Soho bookshop backroom when he’s not saving the world.
New arcane adventure from the author of THE TRANSDIMENSIONAL TRANSPORT CO. and ST. GEORGE & THE DRAGON
And ghouls. And vampires, necromancers, cambions, fairies, werewolves, oracles, skinshifters, zombies, and some things that are downright weird.
When you have a problem with things that go bump in the night, you need VINNIE DE SOTH, JOBBING OCCULTIST, exiled white sheep of a notorious ancient house of black sorcerers, now scraping a living from a Soho bookshop backroom when he’s not saving the world.
New arcane adventure from the author of THE TRANSDIMENSIONAL TRANSPORT CO. and ST. GEORGE & THE DRAGON
417 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 2, 2015
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July 21, 2025
Vinnie is the white sheep self-separated from his sinister family of mages. He barely makes a living working out of a tiny cubicle in a dingy New Age bookstore in London. He does inexpensive exorcisms, charms, tarot readings, and karmic cleansings. He's tongue-tied around women, bumbling, and nerdish. He can also get downright scary when called upon to save innocents from things that go bump in the night. Vinnie and his bemused girlfriend Penny face off against ghosts, succubi, ghouls, skinwalkers, vampires, a semi-sentient Necronomicon, and goblins.
What distinguishes this series from most other urban fantasy/occult detective series is that Vinnie defeats his enemies with intelligence and finesse rather than flashy displays of power. His magic is improvisational and based on sympathetic association and imitations. The arrogant villains inevitably underestimate him, allowing him to manipulate them into fatal mistakes. The humor is superb and tongue-in-cheek, but that doesn't undercut the suspense and often horrific perils. Although utterly unique, this series should appeal to readers of Charles Stross' Laundry Files and Simon R. Green's Nightside series.
Note: The Vinnie de Soth series is the occult leg of I. A. Watson's interconnected universe. The pulp-adventure leg is made up of the Sir Mumphrey Wilton stories, and the science fiction leg is made up of tales of the Trandimensional Transport Co. There are shared characters between the series.
What distinguishes this series from most other urban fantasy/occult detective series is that Vinnie defeats his enemies with intelligence and finesse rather than flashy displays of power. His magic is improvisational and based on sympathetic association and imitations. The arrogant villains inevitably underestimate him, allowing him to manipulate them into fatal mistakes. The humor is superb and tongue-in-cheek, but that doesn't undercut the suspense and often horrific perils. Although utterly unique, this series should appeal to readers of Charles Stross' Laundry Files and Simon R. Green's Nightside series.
Note: The Vinnie de Soth series is the occult leg of I. A. Watson's interconnected universe. The pulp-adventure leg is made up of the Sir Mumphrey Wilton stories, and the science fiction leg is made up of tales of the Trandimensional Transport Co. There are shared characters between the series.
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