The next is Camazotz the Thief – or, as Jack calls him, Zotzy – a bat god who agrees to aid Jack in his quest. Georgina is a constantly horny shark woman who spends most of her time in the book trying to get Jack to sleep with her… after which she would eat him, as is the norm with shark women. The first of these characters is Georgina the Shark Woman, who comes to Jack’s rescue early on in the book. While I may have been initially disappointed, that soon came to pass due to the introduction of several interesting supporting characters, most of whom I hope to see more of in future books. So I’m going to start by addressing my only complaint about this novel: Jack and Oswald are separated for a good portion of the page count, which was disappointing given that the relationship and dialogue between the two was one of the strongest points of the original short story. Good thing Jack’s getting paid in a ton of fairy dust!

The duo must face rogue leprechauns, ghost pirates, a sex-obsessed shark woman, sycophantic ghouls, an insecure fire demon, and a goateed maniac who calls himself the Duke of Pandemonium. and his associate, the homunculus Oswald, save the day? It won’t be easy. In the first book of the series, the tortured, drug-addicted detective stumbles upon his most dangerous case yet, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Pandemonium: a twilight dimension of nightmare creatures, mythical beings, the undead, and everything in between. Dead Jack and the Pandemonium Device is the first novel in Aquilone’s Dead Jack series.

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