Tubal Cain

Tubal Cain is a recurring antagonist in Matt Hilton's Joe Hunter book series. He appears both in Dead Men's Dust and Dead Men's Harvest, making him Joe Hunter's arch-nemesis.

Description
Tubal Cain's past is largely shrouded mystery. However, it is well known that he had been killing people for three years before the beginning of the series. The methodology of his killings lead to the public giving him the nickname Harvestman. He frequently uses knives to kill people and tries to avoid swearing as hard as possible, believing it to be a civilized serial killer's behaviour. Tubal is shown to be extremely intelligent, having masterfully covering his tracks and avoiding capture until his meet-up with Hunter. He also managed to escape a maximum security prison and succesfully abducted Joe's ex-sister-in-law Jennifer in Dead Men's Harvest and being able to track down and manipulate different people with ease.

Appearances
Tubal makes his first appearance in the series' first book Dead Men's Dust when he's driving along a road on a desert before parking after noticing Hunter's half-brother John Telfer by the road's side, having ran out of fuel for his stolen vehicle. After an argument, Telfer pulls out a gun before stealing Tubal's car and driving off to Las Vegas motel under a fake identity. Realizing Telfer had also taken his precious collection of knives, Tubal tracks him down in order to get revenge on him. Unfortunately Hunter is looking for his brother as well which eventually leads to conflict between them once they meet.

In Dead Men's Harvest, Tubal makes his escape from a maximum security prison, teaming up with another enemy of Joe's, Sigmund Petoskey to kill Hunter as a revenge for what he did to them. To accomplish this, the two abduct their rival's ex-sister-in-law Jennifer Telfer and take her as hostage to a container ship used by human traffickers called Queen Sofia in order to lure him into a trap. This leads to a final confrontation between the two at the climax.