While it's a bit disengenuous for an author to review her own work, I do feel I have to say why I think people would enjoy this story. This is book two of my Khepera series, which is set in contemporary Cape Town, South Africa. I reckon it will appeal to lovers of dark and urban fantasty with an occult crime thriller mood. Jamie, or James, as he now prefers to have people call him, is living with his uneasy symbiosis with a mysterious entity known only as The Burning One. While trying to get his life back on track, he gets roped into helping the police solve a missing persons' case which quickly devolves into a hunt for a murderer. I can't really give away any more without spoiling the story but have to warn that there's a fair amount of splatterpunk to please some and horrify others.

James Edward Guillaume, "tthe wickedest man in South Africa" returns in another story of gothic-fantasy-cum-horror. Having only just recovered from his previous adventure, he is rudely awoken by Detective Botha of the South African Police. Someone is killing schoolgirls, and Botha wants to use Jamie (who no longer likes that name) as a consultant. By the time the novel is over, James seems to have become a bit more mature, the power behind the murders has been exposed, and a series of threads that lead towards at least one more novel in the series are exposed. Dorman's development as a novelist of gothic fantasy seems more assured, and her control of her protagonist as he evolves much more sure. ( )