num_pages: 72
description: John Persons is a private investigator with a distasteful job from an unlikely client. Hes been hired by a ten-year-old to kill the kids stepdad McKinsey. The man in question is abusive abrasive and abominable. Hes also a monster which makes Persons the perfect thing to hunt him. Over the course of his ancient arcane existence hes hunted gods and demons and broken them in his teeth.As Persons investigates the horrible McKinsey he realizes that he carries something far darker. Hes infected with an alien presence and hes 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.At the Publisher's request this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
language: English
title: Hammers on Bone
publisher: Tor.com