THE DEPARTED HAVE ARRIVED.
The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen, and the living are under attack. The powerful Church of Real Truth, in charge since the government fell, has sworn to reimburse citizens being harassed by the deceased. Enter Chess Putnam, a fully tattooed witch and freewheeling ghost hunter. She’s got a real talent for banishing the wicked dead. But Chess is … is keeping a dark secret: She owes a lot of money to a murderous drug lord named Bump, who wants immediate payback in the form of a dangerous job that involves black magic, human sacrifice, a nefarious demonic creature, and enough wicked energy to wipe out a city of souls. Toss in lust for a rival gang leader and a dangerous attraction to Bump’s ruthless enforcer, and Chess begins to wonder if the rush is really worth it. Hell, yeah.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Stacia Kane’s Unholy Magic.
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This was the first book/series I read which featured the tragically flawed heroine, and at the time that was a very refreshing trope. In the near future, the dead have risen up as violent, hate-filled ghosts. Only the Church of the Real Truth is able to capture and imprison the ghosts, keeping the population safe, and so they have replaced the …
The story is good in a dark, near-future sort of way, but it’s the characters Chess and Terrible that make this book so fascinating. Both are doing the best they can, but both are deeply flawed, maybe even broken, but both have their own brand of honor that makes them compelling. I haven’t been this caught up in a series since I discovered Karen …
I first read this book about a decade ago. That was before the time that I wrote reviews or even kept good records regarding what I was reading. I remember really enjoying the series so much that I picked up a copy of the audiobook nine years ago so that I would be ready for a re-read when I wanted to experience the series again. I decided it was …
Unholy Ghosts
Downside Ghosts, Book 1
By: Stacia Kane
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
This is an amazing book! A strange future where the government has collapsed, ghosts have risen, the Church of Real Truth is a church that preaches that there’s no gods! Our gal of the story works for them. She is a witch. That makes her feared by most. Her many …
Viva la Chess and Terrible!
Iove this series so much.