Cassandra Khaw bursts onto the scene with Hammers on Bone , a hard-boiled horror show that Charles Stross calls possibly the most promising horror debut of 2016.
The question is whether the private dick can take down the abusive stepdad without releasing the holds on his own horrifying potential..
Luckily Persons is no stranger to the occult, being an ancient and magical intelligence himself.
He\'s infected with an alien presence, and he\'s spreading that monstrosity far and wide.
As Persons investigates the horrible McKinsey, he realizes that he carries something far darker.
Over the course of his ancient, arcane existence, he\'s hunted gods and demons, and broken them in his teeth.
He\'s also a monster, which makes Persons the perfect thing to hunt him.
The man in question is abusive, abrasive, and abominable.
He\'s been hired by a ten-year-old to kill the kid\'s stepdad, McKinsey.
A finalist for the British Fantasy award and the Locus Award for Best Novella John Persons is a private investigator with a distasteful job from an unlikely client.
Cassandra Khaw bursts onto the scene with Hammers on Bone , a hard-boiled horror show that Charles Stross calls possibly the most promising horror debut of 2016
