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Even ghosts need help from a Cunning Man. Hiram and his son Michael are dowsing a well in Eastern Utah when they hear a cry of help from the ghost of a small boy, torn to pieces by wild animals. Before they can even begin to look into that tragedy, however, a prosperous local rancher is murdered right before their eyes. In an attempt to both help the ghost and find the killer, Hiram and Michael must navigate an eccentric cast of characters that includes failed bank robbers, a seductive fortune-teller, an inept sheriff, a crazy prospector, and a preacher with an apocalyptic grudge....

As both a prisoner and an undercover operative, US Marshal Hank Fallon has faced down some of the most vicious, terrifying, cold-blooded thieves and murderers in the West. Now, Hank is finally free, and he’s got no intention of setting foot inside a jail ever again. But the new federal prison being constructed in Leavenworth, Kansas, needs a warden, and Hank is the right man for the job. He’s got the scars to prove it - and to keep the peace. But keeping these lawless hornets in their nest is no easy feat.

They are just about as bad and evil as outlaw gangs come. But in the end, they finally go straight.

Madrid prepara una de las obras más simbólicas del reinado de Carlos III (el Salón del Prado y sus fuentes) cuando un asesinato conmueve la ciudad: un muchacho de quince años aparece castrado y sus atributos masculinos arrojados en el entorno de uno de los monumentos principales del Paseo, el de Cibeles. El comisionado del intendente al que se le encarga la investigación llega al convencimiento de que el crimen guarda relación con la llegada de la diosa frigia, cuyos sacerdotes en su delirio le ofrecen su masculinidad.