1882, Black Ankle, Texas. Wesley Haddon Chambers just wants to find his place in the world. And Calamine, his best friend, wants to help him. But Calamine is a cold-blooded killer, and he knows just what Haddon needs. As Calamine sets out to remove the obstacles–and people–that stand in Haddon’s way, Haddon finds himself caught in the grasp of a madman.

Based on the popular song by Ross Newell, Calamine is a timeless story of acceptance and rejection, the search for identity, and the clash between goodness in the heart, and evil that goes clear to the bone.