Max and Abby are trapped in the city of Interosseous where the inhabitants navigate through the treacherous streets using the giant faces in the sky. If humanity is to survive Max must contact the Machine Men who live in the Heart and Mind of the Colossus. But the way onward is a deadly maze inhabited by lost creatures transformed by the darkness at the end of time. As Max tries to find a safe path through the Body of God he stumbles across a pair of fugitives, and finds himself caught in a web of betrayal and conspiracy that ultimately threatens to destroy the last remnants of mankind. Ragged Clawsis the astonishing sequel to Thumband the second volume of The Book of the Colossus, a gripping fast-paced science fantasy series of incredible imagination."