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Medinoc
(Before Recorded History)
2013-09-18 06:30:14
Then the find box is your friend: Finding "manson" revealed your previous query.
On 2012-12-17, Paul A answered:
- The Art of Arrow Cutting and Shadows Bite, by Stephen Dedman.
Terrie
Since: Apr, 2011

Embarrassingly enough, you guys found this for me once before, I bookmarked it, and my computer crashed. I am ashamed.
It's a modern fantasy book series (though, I think there are only two books?) about a thief who gets his hands on a magical device. He pairs up with a ninja-trained guy whose mother was a follower of Charles Manson. In the second book, there's a couple asian style "vampires" including a girl who becomes a Penanggalan, with her head and intestines flying around, and a guy whose hands detach.