Utah Territory, 1882.

Tyler Cabe. Scarred Civil War veteran. Bounty Hunter. He has come to the wild, hell-for-leather mining town of Whisper Lake, hunting for a sadistic killer that strangles and dissects prostitutes. But there is a far worse evil in town and it has a name: James Lee Cobb.

Mercenary, cannibal killer, mass murderer, Cobb was born of pagan witchcraft, cursed by a malevolent hag, and nurtured by mountain demons of Native American folklore.

He has come to town in a box.

Not alive, but not dead enough.

And with him comes the secret of the skin medicine that unleashes the primal beast from within.