The City of Lost Fortunes, Bryan Camp
The City of Lost Fortunes, Bryan Camp
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The City of Lost Fortunes

Author: Bryan Camp

Narrator: Korey Jackson

Unabridged: 14 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/17/2018


Synopsis

The fate of New Orleans rests in the hands of a wayward grifter in this novel of gods, games, and monsters. The post-Katrina New Orleans of The City of Lost Fortunes is a place haunted by its history and by the hurricane's destruction, a place that is hoping to survive the rebuilding of its present long enough to ensure that it has a future. Street magician Jude Dubuisson is likewise burdened by his past and by the consequences of the storm, because he has a secret: the magical ability to find lost things, a gift passed down to him by the father he has never known-a father who just happens to be more than human. Jude has been lying low since the storm, which caused so many things to be lost that it played havoc with his magic, and he is hiding from his own power, his divine former employer, and a debt owed to the Fortune god of New Orleans. But his six-year retirement ends abruptly when the Fortune god is murdered and Jude is drawn back into the world he tried so desperately to leave behind. A world full of magic, monsters, and miracles. A world where he must find out who is responsible for the Fortune god's death, uncover the plot that threatens the city's soul, and discover what his talent for lost things has always been trying to show him: what it means to be his father's son.

Reviews

Goodreads review by P.

Loved this book. It breathes and exudes New Orleans. The magic system is sublime, and the many gods (and other near divine beings) are amazing. There's a type of deft character switch about midway that had my jaw drop. Just a pure delight and the type of urban fantasy I'm looking for.......more

Goodreads review by Liis

The City of Lost Fortunes is one of those books that takes magic, mythology, folklore and culture and puts it together into a mix of mindblowing fantasy bubble. Fresh, quirky and highly engaging, The City of Lost Fortunes is fantasy on stimulants! I did not at all expect to be taken on such an atmosp......more

This book needs to be turned into a movie!! There were so many great scenes, I was thinking this is way too badass, I need to see it on a big screen! The storyline took me on a magical ride, with so many beautiful metaphors relating to the true urban City of New Orleans mixed with an amount of mystiq......more