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Bemis, John Claude

The Nine Pound Hammer

360 pp. | Random | August, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-85564-1 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-95564-8 $19.99
(3) 4-6 Clockwork Dark series. Ray, an orphan, winds up on a train peopled with traveling medicine show performers. He quickly learns the show is just cover; they're all determined to destroy the evil Gog. What distinguishes this fast-paced adventure is the nineteenth-century rural American setting, where both characters and circumstances are deeply influenced by regional folklore and the "hoodoo" traditions of the Deep South.
Reviewer: Betty Carter

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