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Harry Ca'Nab: The devil's own huntsman

Harry Ca'Nab: The devil's own huntsman

Taylor, Paul

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN13: 9798195366575
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 3 2026
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Harry Ca'Nab - The Devil's Own Huntsman is a dark folkloric novel rooted in the myth-laden landscape of the Worcestershire-Birmingham borderlands. Set during the brutal winter of 1675, it follows a man chosen by the Devil himself to restore balance in a world where injustice thrives.

Harry Ca'Nab begins life as an ordinary boy from the rural parishes that straddle the Lickey Hills. Born into poverty but marked at birth he grows into the Devil's Huntsman - a spectral enforcer charged with punishing those who prey upon the innocent. Armed with a hell-forged ledger that records the names of the guilty, a colossal black bull as his steed, and a small pack of Gabriel hounds, Harry roams the frozen hills delivering swift, otherworldly justice. Local villagers - including Adele Brown, Rosa Taylor, and Simon Johnson - witness fragments of his work, their testimonies feeding and shaping the legend that grows around him.

Centuries later, the local clergy - John Henry Newman and Ambrose St John - uncover parish records, scrolls, and fragmented accounts detailing the events of that winter. Through inconsistent testimonies, missing documentation, and whispered folklore, they attempt to reconstruct the truth behind Harry Ca'Nab. What emerges is a myth stronger than the Church itself: a figure both feared and revered, whose presence left a lasting imprint on the moral fabric of the region.

Blending English folk horror, moral ambiguity, and a powerful sense of place, Harry Ca'Nab - The Devil's Own Huntsman explores grief, justice, and the cost of vengeance. It stands at the crossroads of myth and memory, offering a character-driven supernatural tale grounded in real landscapes and lived experience. The novel invites readers into a world where the boundary between the divine and the damned is perilously thin - and where the sins of the past echo through generations.

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