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Fantasy

The Necromancer

by Joshua Bader

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Death is messy. Resurrection is worse. Agnes Harper - part time medium, full time disaster - is a probationary necromancer for the Mages' Council, barely keeping her head above water while tethered ghosts whisper from the shadows and her haunted past knocks louder than the landlady. But when a politician with angelic charm and apocalyptic ambitions climbs too close to power, Agnes is forced into a deadly bargain with an archangel known for smiting first and asking questions never. Now armed with celestial fire and hexed switchblade, Agnes must navigate ghosts, gods, and government conspiracies while protecting the woman she loves and trying not to die again - this time, for good. Set in a world where necromancy meets queer romance, and death is just another door waiting to be kicked down, The Necromancer is a darkly funny, fiercely magical urban fantasy full of grit, grief, and a hell of a lot of heart. Joshua Bader really nails the "monster of the week meets metaphysical research" vibe. It's like Supernatural had a baby with The Magicians and gave it a queer, thoughtful heart.

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  1. 3Author’s Forewarning
  2. 4Chapter One
  3. 5Chapter Two
  4. 6Chapter Three
  5. 7Chapter Four
  6. 8Chapter Five
  7. 9Chapter Six
  8. 10Chapter Seven
  9. 11Chapter Eight
  10. 12Chapter Nine
  11. 13Chapter Ten
  12. 14Chapter Eleven
  13. 15Chapter Twelve
  14. 16Chapter Thirteen
  15. 17Chapter Fourteen
  16. 18Chapter Fifteen
  17. 19Chapter Sixteen
  18. 20Chapter Seventeen
  19. 21Chapter Eighteen
  20. 22Chapter Nineteen
  21. 23Chapter Twenty
  22. 24Chapter Twenty-One
  23. 25Chapter Twenty-Two
  24. 26Chapter Twenty-Three
  25. 27Chapter Twenty-Four
  26. 28Chapter Twenty-Five
  27. 29Chapter Twenty-Six
  28. 30Chapter Twenty-Seven
  29. 31Chapter Twenty-Eight
  30. 32Chapter Twenty-Nine
  31. 33Chapter Thirty
  32. 34Chapter Thirty-One
  33. 35Chapter Thirty-Two
  34. 36Chapter Thirty-Three
  35. 37Chapter Thirty-Four
  36. 38Chapter Thirty-Five
  37. 39Epilogue