Tim Pratt: Dead reign (2008, Bantam Spectra)
323 pages
English language
Published Sept. 30, 2008 by Bantam Spectra.
"As chief sorcerer of Felport, Marla Mason thought she's faced every kind of evil the magical world had to offer. But she'd never faced a killer like this. He's dark, glib, handsome as the devil--and exactly who he says he is. Death--in the flesh. He's arrived in Felport with a posse composed of a half-insane necromancer and the reanimated corpse of John Wilkes Booth, and he isn't leaving until he gets what he came for. Only Marla is crazy enough to tell Death to go back to Hell."--p. [4] of cover.
I've been enjoying the Marla Mason series, and while I think the first book in the series had some rough edges, this one is very polished. They're not deep novels, but a fun way to while away a weekend afternoon. I worry that future books may get a little formulaic, but for now this series is going on my guaranteed fun list.
