{"product_id":"hammers-on-bone-9780765392718","title":"Hammers on Bone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCassandra Khaw bursts onto the scene with \u003ci\u003eHammers on Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, a hard-boiled horror show that Charles Stross calls \"possibly the most promising horror debut of 2016.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the British Fantasy award and the Locus Award for Best Novella \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Persons is a private investigator with a distasteful job from an unlikely client. He's been hired by a ten-year-old to kill the kid's stepdad, McKinsey. The man in question is abusive, abrasive, and abominable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's also a monster, which makes Persons the perfect thing to hunt him. Over the course of his ancient, arcane existence, he's hunted gods and demons, and broken them in his teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Persons investigates the horrible McKinsey, he realizes that he carries something far darker. He's infected with an alien presence, and he's spreading that monstrosity far and wide. Luckily Persons is no stranger to the occult, being an ancient and magical intelligence himself. The question is whether the private dick can take down the abusive stepdad without releasing the holds on his own horrifying potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765392718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cassandra Khaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642574762140,"sku":"9780765392718","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_973d47ee-ff4e-4dc1-8b10-7f679bc94ab3.jpg?v=1603855099","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hammers-on-bone-9780765392718","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}