Necromancy and the Art of Hero Killing by Kat Hillis

After twelve failed attempts at world domination, immortal necromancer Hawthorne has finally accepted defeat. He’s traded his undead armies for a quiet life in the mountains, where he tends to his garden and cares for the skeletal creatures who follow him home. Retirement suits him, in fact.

But now the Hero is back. And it’s time for Hawthorne to begin again.

Determined to make Attempt Thirteen different, Hawthorne sets out to recruit a band of deadly assassins. There’s just one problem: nobody remembers him. The world has moved on, people are obsessed with strange rectangular devices, and apparently hiring professional killers is no longer a respectable career choice.

• Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781682818220
• 464 pages
• Published by  Entangled: Red Tower Books

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