{"product_id":"hammers-on-bone-paperback","title":"Hammers on Bone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCassandra Khaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCASSANDRA KHAW is an award-winning game writer, and currently works as a scriptwriter for Ubisoft Montreal. Khaw's work can be found in places like \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction, Lightspeed\u003c\/i\u003e, and Tor.com. Khaw's first original novella, \u003ci\u003e Hammers on Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, was a British Fantasy Award and Locus Award finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761436033312,"sku":"9780765392718","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/757750255c20695d31f932829aa0444b.webp?v=1780207489","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hammers-on-bone-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}