The Cunning Man

By: D.J. Butler, Aaron Michael Ritchey

Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies

It's 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. Along comes Hiram Woolley.

Hiram is a man with mystical abilities derived from the commonsense application of Scot-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 won't 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.

©2019 D. J. Butler, Aaron Michael Ritchey (P)2021 Tantor

Interesting and unique

This was a fun story with a unique setting not often used. I look forward to reading more Hiram Woolley stories.

A fun adventure back in time.

This story is a joy ride through mining times and mysterious happenings. The writers artfully combine religion and spell casting (just don't call it magic 😁) for one hell of an adventure.

what an amazing trip back to another time.

Dave hit it out of the park with this one.

This book, besides the amazing storyline and strong , well developed characters took me back to my roots.

I grew up in coal country. Southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. So very many things about this book took me home to the people I met growing up and the stories my papaw would tell me about his days working the mines.

Then there's the cunning man bits that were all part of mountain medicine and hedge witchery back in those hills.

I really loved everything about this story and look forward to many more following Hiram Woolley.

~Hillbilly

A new style of Fantasy writing.

If you want something new and semi-contemporary this is the book for you. The hero and sidekick are not always the ones in charge.

Couldn't Stop

This has been on my "to read" list for a bit and I was ecstatic that it came out in audiobook. I started it Friday and finished Saturday, then went right along with the 2nd in the series. It's that good. The setting is unique, Utah during the depression. The authors do a great job laying it out. And the protagonist, along with his adopted son are great characters in this historical fiction, mystery, dressed up as fantasy.