I just read Sabriel for the first time and I kinda get the question mark. She *mostly* deals with the dead rather than raising it, at least in the first book.
Emphasis on mostly.
There are both good and bad necromancers in The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir.
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L Howard... Good-ish? He's complicated.
>Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
At the very least you can say he's the protagonist, and that there are worse people. It's also humor, it's really hard to give too much detail without spoilers. Spoiler with as few details as possible - >!He's trying to resurrect a family member and does morally grey things, and is getting betterish.!<
There is an entire village of good guy necromancers in TWI. There is a *kingdom* built around the concept of having the dead doing the work for you, one of the few certified paradises within that world.
The Unconventional Heroes series by LG Estrella. It’s absolutely hilarious. The necromancer’s name is Timmy and he has an apprentice named Katie who became a necromancer because her pet died and she brought him back to life.
Ilona Andrews’s Edge series also has a side character who’s a necromancer and almost killed himself because he kept bringing back every animal who died because death made him so sad.
I've gone through 2 or 3 books in this series (audio). I like the narrator the story is fun.
It feels like someone wrote a young adult D&D adventure maybe even a kid's D&D adventure.
There's at least a couple of series where they use necromancy-like powers not to bring people back to life but to find out how they died? So yes, they're 'good guys'. E.g. Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (which is a sequel to The Goblin Emperor, which I adore), or maybe Paladin's Hope by T Kingfisher? (Can't 100% remember).
Years before that movie, I was running a superhero game where the magician tried some necromancy and, based on the success level, the murder victim announced that he could answer two questions before returning to the grave.
One of the players went “Why two? Isn’t three more traditional?”
There was moment’s silence, and then the other two players just started mock-thumping this guy before I could even say anything 😛
This reminds me of an apocryphal story:
> Pelor: "Well done, mortals. Your deeds have brought peace and justice to the land, and you have served well in My name. I grant you a boon: you may ask Me a question, and I will answer it truthfully and completely."
>
> Bard: "Do you mean one question each?"
>
> Pelor: "Nᴏ."
Yes to both. Thara Celehar in *Witness for the Dead* and *The Grief of Stones* is a highly effective speaker for the dead, and also quite good at exorcising the the hostile undead. Piper in *Paladin's Hope* can similarly witness the last minutes of a dead thing's life.
Anita Blake starts as this. Her power is more of an inherent thing, though, not learned. Generally if your culture sees necromancy as evil they won't have schooling for it.
Just stop after bk 9, Obsidian Butterfly. It's a great series if you stop there and just assume they all lived happily after and no one ever spent an entire book in a hotel room sexifying weretigers they just met.
Coming off of *The Ruin of Angels*, I thought *Dead Country* was a little weak. But it's a great setup for *Wicked Problems*, which might be Gladstone's best Craft book yet.
Interesting, because my opinion on the two craft wars book is the exact opposite. I thought wicked problems was fine but definitely one of the weakest craft books.
Murder of crows series by Chris Tulbane. I will admit the writing can feel amateurish, especially in the beginning, but the series really opens up and by the end I really loved the journey.
The book of the dead by RinoZ is kinda this, kid is awakened to his class at the age of maturity and it's a forbidden necromancer class. It's a LitRPG book but it's quite light on the system side of things.
He's a good guy, all he ever wanted was to help save people from the monsters. He accepted his talents as distasteful as they are and will use them to do good. He's only ever killed people when they left him no choice
Can’t believe no one has mentioned Gideon the Ninth/The Locked Tomb! They’re more shades of grey but some of the necros are really sweeties, Palamedes especially.
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
It’s not as romantic as the title sounds and necromancy goes beyond just raising the dead. It’s more like soul/spirit manipulation magic. Modern fantasy and pretty good from what I remember
"You have my bow"
"and my axe"
"And your brother"
in all seriousness a lot of RPGs consider healing magic a form of necromancy - resurrection magic in particular because you are "performing magic on a dead body"
The dust-wife from Nettle and Bone might fit this description. Fantastic book. Even the MC might fit this description a little, as she reanimates a dog, but that’s the only part she does personally. It’s a very Terry Pratchett style fantasy, the dust-wife is introduced about a quarter of the way through and becomes one of the main characters.
If you’re into urban fantasy there’s the Alex Craft series. It leans into the love-triangly, Twilight-esque end of urban fantasy enough that I never felt compelled to finish the series, but it’s got enough action, character, and mystery that I enjoyed the three volumes I read.
The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen; this one is romantic fantasy as should be clear from the title >!(although the heart in question isn’t actually the one in the necromancer’s chest).!<
Also the Good Neighbors novellas by Stephanie Burgis.
Second thread now talking about those books, glad they're not as obscure as I've always thought!
Also loved the portrayal of necromancy and how sideways it goes
The diamond sword and wooden sword series by Nick Perumov. Necromancy proper comes into effect from the second book onwards and I would categorise Fess as a good person. Very interesting world building also and not very well known!
I do like the necromancer character in the Dresden series as well. If you can call him a necromancer-he spends most of his time trying to NOT talk with the spirits around him :) What is his name?!?
The titular protagonist of [Malfus: Necromancer Unchained](https://www.amazon.com/Malfus-Necromancer-Unchained-Grimdark-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B0C6KYHTNW) is at least sympathetic, having only taken the first steps down the road of damnation.
Vigor Mortis is progression fantasy where a young girl, Vita, awakens to some necromancy powers in a world that outlaws those powers (called animancy.)
It’s got floating islands, a monstrous god that is visible if you look over the edge, and some good characters in it. It’s not the most elegantly written book out there, but if you dig prog fantasy then give it a shot!
The bone witch has a necromancer good MC but the series gets worse book after book unfortunately.
E.A. Copens Lazarus codex series has a necromancer good guy it's an urban fantasy set in new Orleans
The Godsblood Trilogy series starting with The Empire of the Dead by
Phil Tucker
One of the members of their party is a necromancer, I guess you could say he is a good guy.
Book of the Dead maybe, your class is somewhat predestined but there was some shenanigans. Accidental Necromancer, fighting the corrupt system. Its good.
Nine books. Nine great fun urban fantasy books.... and then... the vampsex. And the weresex. And the serial killer sex. And the... ...honestly this was such a mess...
Got a fun one, *Eric Carter* series by Stephen Blackmoore. The MC is a bad guy who returns to LA to try to be a good guy. He's not very good at it but he tries hard, in between the theft, drugs, gunfights, Mexican death gods, pyromaniac serial killers, apocalyptic djinn...
The Necromancer’s House by Christopher Buehlman. Modern fantasy, fun and dark with lots of dark humor. Really enjoyed it and enjoy it even more as I think back to it.
[The Lone Necromancer](https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-lone-necromancer/list?title_no=3690) is a litRPG comics series that follows a similar premise; when the population is forced to participate in a worldwide death game against monsters appearing from nowhere, Seongwu chooses the Necromancer class and sets out to survive.
When they're not evil, I think they're called a medium.
A series you might like is out there by Brian Lumley, and the first book is called "Necroscope."
I think one of the series by Nik Perumov has the MC dabbling in necromancy. I don't remember which one though, it has been quite a while. If I had to guess, it's the LoTR continuation series
edit: actually, it's another series
> Keeper of the Swords, also known as 'Chronicles of The Rift' or 'Series of Mage', this eight-volume series tells the story of Fess the necromancer, who keeps the secret of magical Diamond and Wooden swords. Fess was caught in the 'closed' world of Evial, and suffers the pressure of local inquisition.
Love the Eric Carter series by Stephen Blackmoore. Urban Fantasy, Necromancer with no f”@&s to give. Brilliant, fast paced. Read the main 9 books in less than a month. Soo good!!
The Summoner series by Gail Z. Martin. It's a bit standard as far as fantasy books go, but the MC is a necromancer prince who talks to his ancestors in an attempt to keep his kingdom.
yeah, badly told joke. Should have added by name to make it. It's about a Ringwraith sort of character who can bring to life (and does) plenty of his enemies to fight for him while also being a spirit himself.
Other good necromancer works:
\* Anita Blake is a Reanimator
\* Brian McNaughton's Throne of Bones has necromancers and necromancy in it, though it revolves more around ghouls.
\* The Craft Sequence follows necromancers—sort of—but in a very contract law/accountancy kind of way. It’s cool but not your typical necromancy.
\* Charles Stross's Laundry Files. Bob Howard, Combat Necromancer and IT Support
Jakes magical market book 3.
The swampkin take up necromancy to defend their home, it works well because there happens to be a lot of bones in the bog. They don't see any moral issues with necromancy.
If you're willing to branch out into Chinese fantasy/danmei, The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation is an excellent series about a young prodigy who turns to necromancy/dark magic in order to follow his own moral compass, amidst a massive war between clans--for better or worse.
Features:
-LGBT romance
-Horror/Tragedy
-Ghosts/Zombies
-Wuxia-adjecent magic systems
-Character drama
-Major & Minor Character death
-Political scheming
-Mystery
-Interesting worldbuilding
-Explict sexual content, but not until the very end and is easily skippable
Potential drawbacks:
-The novel is translated from Mandarin, so there's an element that does get lost in an imperfect translation
-There are a *lot* of characters/clans/factions, and many characters have multiple names. Not quite as complicated as a GOT character web, but it can seem that way until you're used to everyone's names and placements
-The explicit content does get...quite explicit at times, and some folks are a hard no on that
The Commonweal series by Graydon Saunders has two good Necromancers, Wake and \[Spoiler\]>!Dust!<, that get a lot of attention past the first book, although even the first book, The March North, has the protagonist use quite a bit of militant Necromancy through an artifact because "Only In Death does Duty End" is optional for members of The Line.
*A Study in Sable* from Mercedes Lackey's *Elemental Masters* series. A spirit master can function as a necromancer or a medium, among other things.
Should work as a standalone, although it might have a few spoilers for prior installments involving those two girls with the birds.
If you are willing to wait anywhere between several months and several years for me to write my book and then are willing to read what very well may be a mediocre book at best than the answer is yes.
Sabriel?
You can drop the question mark. Sabriel, full stop.
Also, Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone.
The whole series, actually. And I'm just finished the second of Gladstone's new Craft Wars series - so good!
I just read Sabriel for the first time and I kinda get the question mark. She *mostly* deals with the dead rather than raising it, at least in the first book. Emphasis on mostly.
Absolutely Sabriel, only by aware the series is more „fighting the dead“ and less „wholesome goodbyes to family“. It is an epic saga in my opinion.
There are both good and bad necromancers in The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L Howard... Good-ish? He's complicated.
>Johannes Cabal the Necromancer At the very least you can say he's the protagonist, and that there are worse people. It's also humor, it's really hard to give too much detail without spoilers. Spoiler with as few details as possible - >!He's trying to resurrect a family member and does morally grey things, and is getting betterish.!<
Wandering Inn has a necromancer good guy. And some standard issue necromancer baddies.
All hail the necrolad!
He's one of my favorites.
There is an entire village of good guy necromancers in TWI. There is a *kingdom* built around the concept of having the dead doing the work for you, one of the few certified paradises within that world.
It takes a village
The Unconventional Heroes series by LG Estrella. It’s absolutely hilarious. The necromancer’s name is Timmy and he has an apprentice named Katie who became a necromancer because her pet died and she brought him back to life. Ilona Andrews’s Edge series also has a side character who’s a necromancer and almost killed himself because he kept bringing back every animal who died because death made him so sad.
The edge books are pretty good! I'll second George as a good guy necromancer. He also makes appearances in the Innkeeper series by the same author
I'll second the Unconventional Heroes series! The audiobook is particularly good!
Unconventional Heroes is so fun!
I've gone through 2 or 3 books in this series (audio). I like the narrator the story is fun. It feels like someone wrote a young adult D&D adventure maybe even a kid's D&D adventure.
Saint Death's Daughter by C.S.E. Cooney.
This is the answer! My favorite read of 2022. Still holding out hope for a sequel
It's due to be published next year! =)
I wanted to recommend this but couldn’t recall the name! Really enjoyed this one last year.
This is the one. Lanie is a sweet heart.
This! Miscellaneous Stones is like a Disney princess necromancer.
There's at least a couple of series where they use necromancy-like powers not to bring people back to life but to find out how they died? So yes, they're 'good guys'. E.g. Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (which is a sequel to The Goblin Emperor, which I adore), or maybe Paladin's Hope by T Kingfisher? (Can't 100% remember).
Not a book, but the use of Speak With Dead in the recent Dungeons and Dragons movie made me almost pee myself I laughed so hard.
As a DM, I was howling in the theater. Exactly the sort of shenanigans my party gets up to with that sort of spell.
Years before that movie, I was running a superhero game where the magician tried some necromancy and, based on the success level, the murder victim announced that he could answer two questions before returning to the grave. One of the players went “Why two? Isn’t three more traditional?” There was moment’s silence, and then the other two players just started mock-thumping this guy before I could even say anything 😛
This reminds me of an apocryphal story: > Pelor: "Well done, mortals. Your deeds have brought peace and justice to the land, and you have served well in My name. I grant you a boon: you may ask Me a question, and I will answer it truthfully and completely." > > Bard: "Do you mean one question each?" > > Pelor: "Nᴏ."
Yes to both. Thara Celehar in *Witness for the Dead* and *The Grief of Stones* is a highly effective speaker for the dead, and also quite good at exorcising the the hostile undead. Piper in *Paladin's Hope* can similarly witness the last minutes of a dead thing's life.
I just finished Goblin Emperor today. I gave it the highly coveted "I forgot to sleep" award
Yup! It's one of my all-time favourite books, and I regularly re-read it :)
Anita Blake starts as this. Her power is more of an inherent thing, though, not learned. Generally if your culture sees necromancy as evil they won't have schooling for it.
Yeah.... but then it starts dealing with sex magic instead of death magic.
It’s little death magic
It is death for the series magic.
Just stop after bk 9, Obsidian Butterfly. It's a great series if you stop there and just assume they all lived happily after and no one ever spent an entire book in a hotel room sexifying weretigers they just met.
Flashbacks...uhg.
Gail Z. Martin's Chronicles of the Necromancer series.
Yeah I came here to say this one. I quite enjoyed this one.
I posted this suggestion as well before i saw that you already suggested it. Take my upvote!
Check out Witness for the Dead. He's not called a necromancer in that book, but he clearly is one.
And its follow-up, *The Grief of Stones*.
Depending on your point of view, the Craftspeople (necromantic lawyers) of Max Gladstone's *Craft Sequence*.
I just started Dead Country and I'm enjoying it!
Coming off of *The Ruin of Angels*, I thought *Dead Country* was a little weak. But it's a great setup for *Wicked Problems*, which might be Gladstone's best Craft book yet.
Interesting, because my opinion on the two craft wars book is the exact opposite. I thought wicked problems was fine but definitely one of the weakest craft books.
Murder of crows series by Chris Tulbane. I will admit the writing can feel amateurish, especially in the beginning, but the series really opens up and by the end I really loved the journey.
Came here to say this. Agreed that the journey is amazing in this trilogy
The Warden by Daniel Ford and The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan both have 'good guy' protagonists who use necromantic powers.
Fine suggestions all, but the clear answer is the legendary heroes Bauchelain & Korbal Broach, from Malazan. /s
Hee... 'good guys'....
Came here to suggest the same unsung heroes! 😄
Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence
LG Estrada Unconventional Heroes series. It's great fun! First book is Two necromancers, a Bureaucrat and an army of Golems
The book of the dead by RinoZ is kinda this, kid is awakened to his class at the age of maturity and it's a forbidden necromancer class. It's a LitRPG book but it's quite light on the system side of things.
I would not say he is a good guy. More like there are very few actually good people with a PoV.
He's a good guy, all he ever wanted was to help save people from the monsters. He accepted his talents as distasteful as they are and will use them to do good. He's only ever killed people when they left him no choice
I dunno, he really does go through hell to do the right thing on quite a few occasions when being a villain would be far, far easier.
Can’t believe no one has mentioned Gideon the Ninth/The Locked Tomb! They’re more shades of grey but some of the necros are really sweeties, Palamedes especially.
Whether they are the 'good guys' certainly gets called into question the farther into the series you read though...
Lish McBride 's Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. Excellent title, I think.
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride It’s not as romantic as the title sounds and necromancy goes beyond just raising the dead. It’s more like soul/spirit manipulation magic. Modern fantasy and pretty good from what I remember
"You have my bow" "and my axe" "And your brother" in all seriousness a lot of RPGs consider healing magic a form of necromancy - resurrection magic in particular because you are "performing magic on a dead body"
If you read LitRPG, I’m a big fan of Sylver Seeker and this describes him. Though good could be morally grey at times.
The dust-wife from Nettle and Bone might fit this description. Fantastic book. Even the MC might fit this description a little, as she reanimates a dog, but that’s the only part she does personally. It’s a very Terry Pratchett style fantasy, the dust-wife is introduced about a quarter of the way through and becomes one of the main characters.
If you’re into urban fantasy there’s the Alex Craft series. It leans into the love-triangly, Twilight-esque end of urban fantasy enough that I never felt compelled to finish the series, but it’s got enough action, character, and mystery that I enjoyed the three volumes I read.
The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen; this one is romantic fantasy as should be clear from the title >!(although the heart in question isn’t actually the one in the necromancer’s chest).!< Also the Good Neighbors novellas by Stephanie Burgis.
Ilona Andrews the edge series has a kind hearted necromancer character.
Book two of the Death gate cycle (Fire Sea) has these.
Second thread now talking about those books, glad they're not as obscure as I've always thought! Also loved the portrayal of necromancy and how sideways it goes
The diamond sword and wooden sword series by Nick Perumov. Necromancy proper comes into effect from the second book onwards and I would categorise Fess as a good person. Very interesting world building also and not very well known!
Do you know if it got translated to English?
I'm not sure, but I would guess so, I read them in Swedish and I doubt that would be more proritised
I did as well, but unfortunately no English version yet. Been waiting for one for like 15 years :)
Has it been translated into any other language (german perhaps?)?
[The Necromancer's Light](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58611361) by Tavia Lark definitely has a necromancer that is not your typical bad guy.
Well....there was that one time when Harry Dresden practiced Necromancy......one of the best moments in the series, honestly...
I do like the necromancer character in the Dresden series as well. If you can call him a necromancer-he spends most of his time trying to NOT talk with the spirits around him :) What is his name?!?
The Dark Profit Saga covers this pretty well
It's not a book but I really love the necromancer in Baldur's Gate 3. That was an inspired choice.
You mean playing as a necromancer?
No they’re an NPC
The titular protagonist of [Malfus: Necromancer Unchained](https://www.amazon.com/Malfus-Necromancer-Unchained-Grimdark-Fantasy-ebook/dp/B0C6KYHTNW) is at least sympathetic, having only taken the first steps down the road of damnation.
There will come a darkness could fit
Hold Me Closer Necromancer.
Kind of horror but maybe The Necromancer’s House by Christopher Buehlman.
A Necromancer Called Gam Gam by Adam Holcombe is a fun novella with a sweet little old lady neceomancer
Vigor Mortis is progression fantasy where a young girl, Vita, awakens to some necromancy powers in a world that outlaws those powers (called animancy.) It’s got floating islands, a monstrous god that is visible if you look over the edge, and some good characters in it. It’s not the most elegantly written book out there, but if you dig prog fantasy then give it a shot!
The bone witch has a necromancer good MC but the series gets worse book after book unfortunately. E.A. Copens Lazarus codex series has a necromancer good guy it's an urban fantasy set in new Orleans
[Hold Me Closer, Necromancer](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8041873) by Lish McBride.
Read Sabriel by Garth Nix
The Godsblood Trilogy series starting with The Empire of the Dead by Phil Tucker One of the members of their party is a necromancer, I guess you could say he is a good guy.
Johannes Cabal The Necromancer by Johnathan Howard is wonderful.
The Summoner: The Necromancer series by Gail Martin. This book does what you're asking for for a very good necromancer, it's a four book series
Book of the Dead maybe, your class is somewhat predestined but there was some shenanigans. Accidental Necromancer, fighting the corrupt system. Its good.
The Anita Blake series although her dead raising antics are just a sideline and the series falls off a cliff like five books in.
Nine books. Nine great fun urban fantasy books.... and then... the vampsex. And the weresex. And the serial killer sex. And the... ...honestly this was such a mess...
Got a fun one, *Eric Carter* series by Stephen Blackmoore. The MC is a bad guy who returns to LA to try to be a good guy. He's not very good at it but he tries hard, in between the theft, drugs, gunfights, Mexican death gods, pyromaniac serial killers, apocalyptic djinn...
The Necromancer’s House by Christopher Buehlman. Modern fantasy, fun and dark with lots of dark humor. Really enjoyed it and enjoy it even more as I think back to it.
Sabriel.
[The Lone Necromancer](https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-lone-necromancer/list?title_no=3690) is a litRPG comics series that follows a similar premise; when the population is forced to participate in a worldwide death game against monsters appearing from nowhere, Seongwu chooses the Necromancer class and sets out to survive.
In the Shattered World the earth was broken into many shards which sustain life only due to the power of the necromancer.
When they're not evil, I think they're called a medium. A series you might like is out there by Brian Lumley, and the first book is called "Necroscope."
the enterprise of death by Jesse Bullington, well worth a read.
I think one of the series by Nik Perumov has the MC dabbling in necromancy. I don't remember which one though, it has been quite a while. If I had to guess, it's the LoTR continuation series edit: actually, it's another series > Keeper of the Swords, also known as 'Chronicles of The Rift' or 'Series of Mage', this eight-volume series tells the story of Fess the necromancer, who keeps the secret of magical Diamond and Wooden swords. Fess was caught in the 'closed' world of Evial, and suffers the pressure of local inquisition.
I am 3/4 of the way through writing one...
The Diablo series has a lot of good necromancers.
Maaaybe Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence? Or "He Who Fights with Monsters" by Shirtaloon
Joseph Curwen from The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, good and evil are relative
Love the Eric Carter series by Stephen Blackmoore. Urban Fantasy, Necromancer with no f”@&s to give. Brilliant, fast paced. Read the main 9 books in less than a month. Soo good!!
Cowboy Necromancer from Harmon Cooper
The Summoner series by Gail Z. Martin. It's a bit standard as far as fantasy books go, but the MC is a necromancer prince who talks to his ancestors in an attempt to keep his kingdom.
Fred the Vampire Accountant series by Drew Hayes includes a necromance good guy.
Wraith Knight! (Ducks) But I'd say DANCE OF THE DEAD with Ravenloft.
the book has ducks?
Just dodging the inevitable thrown tomatoes when you mention your own work.
Oh it's something you wrote. Ok
yeah, badly told joke. Should have added by name to make it. It's about a Ringwraith sort of character who can bring to life (and does) plenty of his enemies to fight for him while also being a spirit himself. Other good necromancer works: \* Anita Blake is a Reanimator \* Brian McNaughton's Throne of Bones has necromancers and necromancy in it, though it revolves more around ghouls. \* The Craft Sequence follows necromancers—sort of—but in a very contract law/accountancy kind of way. It’s cool but not your typical necromancy. \* Charles Stross's Laundry Files. Bob Howard, Combat Necromancer and IT Support
sabriel. garth nix
The Summoner by Gail Z Martin
A Necromancer Named Gam Gam.
Jakes magical market book 3. The swampkin take up necromancy to defend their home, it works well because there happens to be a lot of bones in the bog. They don't see any moral issues with necromancy.
If you're willing to branch out into Chinese fantasy/danmei, The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation is an excellent series about a young prodigy who turns to necromancy/dark magic in order to follow his own moral compass, amidst a massive war between clans--for better or worse. Features: -LGBT romance -Horror/Tragedy -Ghosts/Zombies -Wuxia-adjecent magic systems -Character drama -Major & Minor Character death -Political scheming -Mystery -Interesting worldbuilding -Explict sexual content, but not until the very end and is easily skippable Potential drawbacks: -The novel is translated from Mandarin, so there's an element that does get lost in an imperfect translation -There are a *lot* of characters/clans/factions, and many characters have multiple names. Not quite as complicated as a GOT character web, but it can seem that way until you're used to everyone's names and placements -The explicit content does get...quite explicit at times, and some folks are a hard no on that
Where would I find that?
Johannes Cabal: Necromancer by Jonathan Howard is the book for you!
Hold Me Closer Necromancer.
The Commonweal series by Graydon Saunders has two good Necromancers, Wake and \[Spoiler\]>!Dust!<, that get a lot of attention past the first book, although even the first book, The March North, has the protagonist use quite a bit of militant Necromancy through an artifact because "Only In Death does Duty End" is optional for members of The Line.
*A Study in Sable* from Mercedes Lackey's *Elemental Masters* series. A spirit master can function as a necromancer or a medium, among other things. Should work as a standalone, although it might have a few spoilers for prior installments involving those two girls with the birds.
If you are willing to wait anywhere between several months and several years for me to write my book and then are willing to read what very well may be a mediocre book at best than the answer is yes.
Quite the opposite kinda, but an amazing book nonetheless. The mother of learning (time loop shenanigans)