Bones

The Irish Giant - that's what Londoners called Charlie Bryne, an enormous country lad standing 8 feet tall in his bare feet.

He made his fortune by exhibiting himself, but Bryne was far more than a human oddity.

He had the magical power of healing, a deep connection to the natural magic of the earth, and the blood of Irish kings in his veins.

In 1782, he came to London with a single goal - to bring the Irish home to the island they had left.John Hunter was a man of science and insatiable curiosity - a surgeon, a natural philosopher, and a tireless collector of natural oddities.

With analysis and dissection, Hunter strove to understand the natural world - and he wanted to add the bones of a giant to his collection.This novella, winner of the 1990 World Fantasy Award, examines what happens when the quest for scientific knowledge meets ancient natural magic.