Madhouse also finds our young Cal starting to expand his horizons and grow to make his own decisions out from under the protective (but still present) wing of his brother Niko. The problem is, with having angered so many people over his long life, it's tough for our heroes to narrow down the list of suspects. Complicating matters, at the same time, someone is trying to kill the world's favorite puck, Robin Goodfellow. What begins for the brothers as a simple investigation into an apparent museum break-in leads to a personal battle to take out the cannibalistic and nigh invulnerable Sawney Beane and his increasing body count. The latest installment of the Leandros brothers' adventures revolves around a serial killer returned from the dead. It should come as no suprise by now that Rob Thurman is such a gifted writer with a flair for smart and witty dialogue but I'm repeatedly amazed.
Since the first book of the series I've been anticipating each subsequent title. Lady luck allowed me to get my hands on a copy of Madhouse before the official street date, and after quickly devouring it I've eagerly awaited a chance to leave my review. "Nightlife", the first novel in the "Cal Leandros" series is also published by Penguin. Rob Thurman lives in Indiana, land of rolling hills and cows. it's sharp and sardonic, mischievous and mysterious". Fans of dark urban fantasy will certainly want to follow Cal's adventures. "Supernatural elements put this in the company of Jim Butcher and Charlaine Harris.
But this evil might be too much for even Cal and Niko to handle, and to take it on, Cal will have to call forth the powerful talents he inherited from his unhuman father's side of the family.A stunning urban fantasy with a deeply humorous edge, Rob Thurman's "Madhouse" is not to be missed. And for Cal and Niko, this is one paycheck they're going to have to earn. A malevolent evil with ancient powers, dead set on making history with an orgy of blood and murder, is on a human killing spree. Who could have guessed that business would dry up in New York City, where vampires, trolls, and other creepy crawlies are all over the place? But now there's a new arrival in the Big Apple. ' Half-human Cal Leandros and his brother, Niko, aren't exactly prospering with their preternatural detective agency. With his help, I'd finally realized that as long as I could remain who I was, I could survive what I was. 'My brother had spent a lifetime - mine, at least - telling me that I was normal, that I wasn't a monster. The next book in the "Cal Leandros" series that began with "Nightlife", "Madhouse" is a clever and hugely entertaining urban fantasy in the vein of Jim Butcher by "New York Times" bestselling author, Rob Thurman.
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