The Dead Never Die

Lovecraftian Mythical Fantasy (Chronicles of Cain, Book 5)

De: John Corwin

Narrado por: Austin Rising

To-do list: Stop a zombie uprising. Stop the apocalypse. Resurrect a goddess.

They say no good deed goes unpunished, and Cain is living proof of it. His quest to help the gorgon Dusa and his favorite bartender, Aura, went terribly right and horrifically wrong. Now, the sword Soultaker has claimed two more souls and added them to its undead army. Zeus and Mars tell Cain to fix the situation, or they'll erase him permanently along with everyone he cares about.

To free souls from Soultaker, Cain needs information from the original Thanatos, Greek god of death. But Thanatos vanished long ago, creating the office of the Grim Reaper, which is now occupied by a man named Garrick.

Garrick agrees to help Cain find Thanatos, but before they get started, the other three horsemen, War, Pestilence, and Famine, put Garrick in a coma so they can they seed the world with plagues, conflict, and starvation and start the apocalypse. Without Death to free the souls of the humans dying from the chaos, their bodies are rising from the dead, killing more humans, and threatening the very fabric of fate itself.

Cain reluctantly accepts the mantle of Death, so he can stop the zombie apocalypse and use the powers of his new office to find Thanatos. His journey will take him all over the world - to Hell, Hel, and beyond.

Dealing with one pantheon was nearly impossible. Now, Cain finds himself tangling with the Norse, Greeks, Christians, and of course, minions of the Elder Things. Cthulhu and Shub-Nuggerath were horrific enough, but this new entity is even worse. But there's one thing Cain's enemies didn't count on. If there's an apocalypse, there will be no more mangoritas.

No more plastic pirate swords with fruit. No more toothpick umbrellas. The bad guys are about to find out the hard way that no one, not even a god comes between Cain and his mangoritas.

©2021 John Corwin (P)2021 John Corwin

I really enjoy this series

Great series! It's even better when the author drops hitns of people from other amazing books. There's people that could be from Dresden and even The Iron Druid series. Both are in my top 5 of all time picks. If you haven't read them they are a must.

Classy Caine, asshole gods, frozen mangoritas!

Was a great read and a really fun play on different pantheon. Sluggish ending, I felt that up until the last few chapters it was slow going. regardless, being pulled into Caines world(s) is always fun and rich in story.

amazing as usual!!

can't wait to start the next book in the series. I loved how he used modern day events in this book /) great job!!!!

Less Layla the better

I love the books for the most part. However the two main female characters are some bizarre charicature of an actual woman. Aura, a lying, backstabbing, selfish lunatic and Layla, a vulger mouthed narcissistic skank. There is so much wrong with the two that I wonder about the authors mindset regarding women. Without exposing the story, Layla wasn't in this book much. This made me happy. I hope the Hannah story takes lead at some point.

speed narration 1.2x, simplistic dialogue and redundant storytelling but still engaging

ok, this is not a modern classic. At times the author goes into details that we as readers have already known six times over and sometimes the characters talk in circles with bland dialogue.
The narrator is also ridiculously slow so speed it to 1.15-1.2 so the listening experience is more enjoyable.
but I've binged the previous books and i'm probably gonna finish this series while it's free.
so why do i like it? It's akin to a high fantasy sharknado. I can forgive the flat dialogue and over explanations due to the craziness and twists of the story. The mixing of lovecraftian and other mythologies are interesting. It does feel like a harem anime at times but not overly so.
It's no girl with the dragon tattoo or lotr but high fantasy doesn't need to be high class.
If you can get it free or on a 2 for 1 sale then give it a try.