Heroic Fantasy with a film-noir edge. Dorgo lives in a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale. Armed with a unique dowsing rod that can detect the residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity, he can sense the vestiges of vile sorcery used in the commission of crimes. His adventures pit him against inter-dimensional creatures, friendly ghouls, a raging cyclops, psychopathic satyrs, duplicitous women, dangerous men, demonic insects, and one remarkable cat named Crystal. Magic, mystery, murder, monsters and mayhem all lurk in the shadows as Dorgo searches for the secret identity of the Undying Warlock who commands the Order of the Serpent.
“Mad Shadows has everything that made me love sword & sorcery as a kid when my local librarian and my mom both conspired to keep its pagan charms away from me.” — William Patrick Maynard
“At first sight, it’s classic sword and sorcery, set on a world populated by fighting men, merchants, wizards and a multitude of mythical, non-mythical and just plain made-up beasts. There’s a difference, though, in the style of the storytelling. It’s a first person narrative, executed very much in the style of the hard-boiled private eye genre.” — Dave Brzeski, the British Fantasy Society
“Bonadonna balances the human and the grimness in such a way that one never becomes suffocated. Instead, the humor and wit make the characters seem more real, as some of the characters, including Dorgo, use the humor to deal with the darkness they confront.” — Keith West, Amazing Stories Magazine.