Brother Bones: Tales of Cape Noire

Brother Bones #5

by Ron Fortier, Fred Adams Jr., Andy Fix

THE BATTLE FOR CAPE NOIRE • Cape Noire is a bustling, commercial seaport on the northwest coast. It is also an urban jungle where over a million souls reside. Among these are monsters both human and supernatural. Keeping them in check is the white skull masked Brother Bones, the Undead Avenger. In this new collection of tales, writers Fred Adams Jr., Andy Fix and Drew Meyer join creator Ron Fortier in presenting the next chapter in Hell’s own backyard.Dr. Bugosi, the Mad Scientist of Cape Noire is dead and Harry Beest, the gorilla mobster, is assailed on all fronts as he tries to salvage the dead man’s journals. Meanwhile the sexy vampire, Sister Blood encounters a creature descended of island magic while trying to save a friend. At the same time Lt. Dan Rains hunts a kidnapped girl amidst a bloody gang war that threatens to flood the streets in blood.Here is a mash-up of action, adventure and horror as only the saga of Brother Bones can provide. “Tales of Cape Noire” is a quartet of fevered nightmares you will not soon forget.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 20, 2020

Reviews

[Mike Sherer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume consists of 4 novellas – ‘The Battle of Bugosi Mansion’, A Pretty Monster’, ‘Safe’, and ‘The Devil You Know’ – that take place in Cape Noir and revolve around the undead avenger Brother Bones. There have been several previous volumes written about this protagonist that I haven’t read, so I was thrown into the middle of unfamiliar territory. No problem. The authors describe Cape Noir so well I felt I had walked these mean streets myself. This book is in a sub-genre I’ve never read before – a blend of crime noir and horror and pulp. I enjoyed it. The characters were lively, the action popped, and the setting, which always plays a large part of any noir story, was overwhelming. Think of ‘Casalanca’ – it wouldn’t have been the same story set in San Francisco, Casablanca at the beginning of World War 2 had a singular vibe. So does Cape Noir. If what you are seeking is a crime drama populated by supernatural creatures set in a Gotham-like environ, then you will enjoy these stories. I did, and I had no preconceptions of what I was sticking my nose into. It was a pleasant surprise.

[Mark Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Three authors in addition to Ron Fortier, continue the saga of Cape Noire's Undead Avenger. The first story, "The Battle for Bugosi Mansion," is a direct follow-up to Fortier's previous masterpiece, and introduces several important new characters. The second introduces the Demon Deacon who protects Little Jamaica. The third story introduces Lilith, The Devil's Daughter. The fourth, by Fortier, ties everything back together and features a guest shot by Cheveyo and The Dead Sheriff from Mark Justice's series.