Harry Ca'Nab

In seventeenth century England, on the border between south Birmingham and rural Worcestershire, a figure rides out of legend and into grim reality. Harry Ca'Nab - recruited by the Devil himself - hunts through a fiercely religious parish for those who have slipped into sin. Armed with a hell-forged ledger and mounted on a colossal black bull, he is shadowed by Gabriel Hounds as he carries out infernal justice across the Lickey Hills, the Gun Quarter, and the scattered hamlets beyond. Centuries later, clergymen John Henry Newman and Ambrose St John uncover forgotten documents and parish records that reveal the truth behind the old stories. As they piece together Harry's trail, a cast of local figures emerges: Adele, a schoolteacher who knows more folklore than she admits; Simon Johnson, the butcher with his own inherited superstitions; and Mark Carter, the blacksmith whose family once claimed to have seen the bull-rider at the Old Rose and Crown. Rooted in real Midlands locations and inspired by a myth whispered through generations, the story blends history, folklore, and the supernatural to explore how legends are born - and what happens when they turn out to be true.