hammers
the nine pound hammer
what if john henry had a son br twelve year old ray is haunted by the strangest memories of his father whom ray swears could speak to animals . now an orphan ray jumps from a train going through the american south and falls in with a medicine show train and its stable of sideshow performers . the performers turn out to be heroes defenders of the wild including the son of john henry . they are hiding the last of the mythical swamp sirens from an ancient evil known as the gog . why the gog wants the siren they cant be sure but they know it has something to do with rebuilding a monstrous machine that john henry gave his life destroying years before a machine that will allow the gog to control the will of men and spread darkness throughout the world . p from the hardcover edition .