A Tale Of Two Claws

“You will be born a male your mother will be impregnated with you because of a rape. You will be born with hands that look like claws.” Traded to a complete stranger by his mother, for a few bottles of whiskey, Lob, The Lobster Boy, is whisked away to London to be studied along side Joseph Merrick, The Elephant man. Once in London, things take a deadly turn and Lob will have to make a deal with Jack the Ripper just to stay alive. From here on out, Lob’s life will be filled with danger, intrigue, love, and astounding loss. This is the story of a boy who doesn’t want his malformation, lobster claw syndrome, to define who he is as he becomes a man. But the more he tries to separate himself from his past and his condition the more Lob realizes that his life is A Tale Of Two Claws.