num_pages: 320
description: The demons of the Great Depression are real. The cunning man is here to fight them.A BREW OF DUST BOWL MAGIC AND GRIT Its the depths of the Depression and a mining town in Utah is shut down. Something has awakened underground and now a monster roams the tunnels. While contentious owners squabble poor worker families go hungry. Along comes Hiram Woolley. Hiram is a man with mystical abilities derived from the commonsense application of Scots-Irish folk wisdom and German braucher magic. He possesses an arcane Bloodstone that allows him to see a lie the moment it is spoken. Behind the played-out farms and failed businesses are demons curses sorcerers and unatoned wrongs. Bags of groceries and carpentry wont be enough this time.The job will take a man who has known sorrow. A man who has known war. A man of wisdom. A man of magic. THE JOB WILL TAKE A CUNNING MAN 
language: English
title: The Cunning Man
publisher: Baen