Some bounties you collect. Some bounties collect you.
Louisiana, 1871. When his own people vanish beyond the border of the Cursed Lands, bounty hunter Jack Mercer takes the one job every hunter refuses: kill the Grunch - the beast that came out of a burning carnival thirteen years ago and has been fed by its killer clown worshippers ever since. His employer is a beautiful English mystic Eleanor Huxley, who reads the memories of objects with her bare hands. She is looking for her brother, who sought to undo the evil wrought by their father, the ringmaster of that very carnival. Together Jack and Eleanor will have to face every terror the Cursed Lands has to offer...
Inside you'll find:
- A crew of unforgettable hunters: a charming gunslinger, a brooding Civil War vet, a widow with twin pistols and a debt, a giant trapper armed with hexed iron, and an absinthe priest whose faith stays tested
- Killer clowns that whistle to each other through the fog, the last painted survivors of the Midnight Carnival, and the trigger-finger-collecting gunfighter who leads them
- A monster that has killed and devoured all who have hunted it, hungry for the next would-be hero
- Folk magic that works: goofer dust thresholds, horseshoe hexes, carved bullets, and bootleg zombie moonshine
- Unflinching action - gunfights, sieges, and last stands written in blood and gunsmoke
- A slow-burn mystery whose final turn will send you straight back to page one
If you crave frontier horror with teeth, this is the wild west dime novel for you - step right up.
