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McCutchen's Bones

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Parts 14
Time 58m

dieselpunk plague pulp western

"Haunting and Emotional. If Ghost Rider were a cowboy, this would be his backstory."

For a man who has the courage to look life in the teeth, everything is black and white. J.T. McCutchen has made a living by this philosophy. So far it's served him well.

Busted down From Texas Ranger to private security for an oil company in a muddy boomtown, McCutchen is holding his life together via discipline and sheer will. But attempts on his father's life combined with a plague ravaging the countryside threaten to open a closet full of bones. Now the ex-ranger's about to learn, when you've seen things that won't let you live, it's either you or the bones.All Rights Reserved

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The Serum

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