Unclean Spirits

Written by M.L.N. Hanover

Narrated by Mia Barron

In a world where magic walks and demons ride, you can't always play by the rules.

Jayné Heller thinks of herself as a realist, until she discovers reality isn't quite what she thought it was. When her uncle Eric is murdered, Jayné travels to Denver to settle his estate, only to learn that it's all hers—and vaster than she ever imagined. And along with
properties across the world and an inexhaustible fortune, Eric left her a legacy of a different kind: his unfinished business with a cabal of wizards known as the Invisible College.

Led by the ruthless Randolph Coin, the Invisible College harnesses demon spirits for their own ends of power and domination. Jayné finds it difficult to believe magic and demons can even exist, let alone be responsible for the death of her uncle. But Coin sees Eric's heir
as a threat to be eliminated by any means—magical or mundane—so Jayné had better start believing in something to save her own life.

Aided in her mission by a group of unlikely companions—Aubrey, Eric's devastatingly attractive assistant; Ex, a former Jesuit with a lethal agenda; Midian, a two-hundred-yearold man who claims to be under a curse from Randolph Coin himself; and Chogyi Jake, a
self-styled Buddhist with mystical abilities—Jayné finds that her new reality is not only unexpected, but often unexplainable. And if she hopes to survive, she'll have to learn the new rules fast—or break them completely. …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781705026175

M.L.N. Hanover

M.L.N. Hanover is an International Horror Guild Award-winning author living in the American southwest.

Reviews for Unclean Spirits

[Symba Wong · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Unique concept, but that is the best part of the story. Everything else was a bit hard to follow. I did complete it because I was curious how it would end. However, TBH it was potentially an amazing story...just NOT told well.

[Jenny U · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Overall I enjoyed it, took me a little longer than usually to finish it but I liked the action/fighting scenes and I really enjoyed Midians character.

[tobinelliott · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the last of the Wendig novels I purchased when he made his way to Toronto. It's very much everything I've expected from a Wendig novel: interesting characters, snappy dialogue, laugh-out-loud descriptions, lots of over-the-top action, and some interesting twists that aren't entirely unexpected, but fun nonetheless.

And in this one, Wendig literally has all the gods to play with. That's kinda fun.

Not much to say, other than I really enjoyed this, devoured it in three hundred-page gulps.

[rivkat_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Cayson, a former MMA fighter turned reluctant bodyguard for some kind of supernatural being, thinks he’s been released from bondage when his boss is killed. But his wife and son are still trying to kill him, and another supernatural being blames him for the death of her husband. Instead, he joins forces with the murderer to figure out what’s going on, which turns out to be a lot of shenanigans and blasphemy. OK.

[arkrayder · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Interesting story. I like the idea behind it.

[titania86_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Cason Cole was a successful MMA fighter, but grew soft and complacent as a bodyguard for E. Rose, a magnetic, hedonistic man. One fateful day, a bomb kills his boss, releasing him from E. Rose's influence and making him aware of his past for the first time in years. Cason is then drawn into a world of mythology, gods, and magic and those who oppose all of it. He has to decide how hard he will fight to get his family back.Unclean Spirits is story that satisfies my mythology obsession, takes me on an insane adventure, and adds a healthy dash of horror. In this world, all mythological gods are real, ranging from the well known gods of Greece and Egypt to the more obscure ones of Sumeria to even local legends and fables. I was particularly happy to see Erishkagal. They have been kicked out of their realm and forced to live in the human one, most attempting to avoid general human attention. Because of their disparate natures, the gods aren't a monolithic whole, but all very opinionated and arrogant about their past accomplishments and state. E. Rose turns out to be Eros and of course Cason is blamed for his death with Aphrodite, Eros' mother, wanting vengeance. These supernatural creatures are just as they are portrayed in myth: petty, jealous, coompletely consumed with their own drama, practically immortal, and extremely powerful.Poor Cason just wants his family back. He has been kept for them for years in what he finds out is a manufactured plot to do so. When he tries to return to his family, his wife and young son try to kill him with knives. He's lost in the real world since he's been lost in a fog, let alone in this newfound world of gods and monsters. Cason is the grounding force of the book because he's as bewildered as we are. His goal isn't to kill all the gods or anything crazy; he simply wants his family back. He meets the bomber that killed E. Rose and helps him kill other gods because he has no idea how else to fight back. Through this allyship, he sees how gods have survived all these years, either in a commune out in the country or inflitrated within the abandoned nooks and crannies of human societies.Unclean Spirits is an amazing ride with twists and turns I didn't see coming. The ending did seem a bit abrupt pacing wise, but everything that needed to be resolved was. I would love to see this world as a series even though Cason's story is over because there are endless possibilities to stories in these gods experiences and the people they affect.