Last Call

{ Oct 2020 - epub revisions. Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, content separation, and epub format error checking. } ebook, 481 pages Published 1992 Gollancz (2011) Fantasy Masterworks Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1993) World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1993) The World Fantasy Award-winning novel from the author of The Anubis Gates and Declare. Set in Las Vegas, Last Call concerns the fate of Scott Crane, former professional gambler, recent widower, blind in one eye--and also the lost natural son of the man who is determined to kill him. In this novel, Crane is forced to resume the high-stakes game of a lifetime--and wager it all. Twenty years ago Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player and went into hiding, after a weird high-stakes game played with Tarot cards. But now the cards - and the supernatural powers behind them - have found him again. Crane's father killed gangster Bugsy Siegel in 1948 to become the Fisher King, and to keep that power he is determined to kill his son. Now Scott Crane must cross the Mojave Desert to his father's Perilous Chapel in Las Vegas, and take up the cards again for one last poker duel. And the stakes are the highest he's ever played for . . . his soul. Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (1993) Twenty Years Ago Scott Crane Abandoned His Career As A Professional Poker Player And Went Into Hiding, After A Weird High-stakes Game Played With Tarot Cards. But Now The Cards - And The Supernatural Powers Behind Them - Have Found Him Again. Crane's Father Killed Gangster Bugsy Siegel In 1948 To Become The Fisher King, And To Keep That Power He Is Determined To Kill His Son. Now Scott Crane Must Cross The Mojave Desert To His Father's Perilous Chapel In Las Vegas, And Take Up The Cards Again For One Last Poker Duel. And The Stakes Are The Highest He's Ever Played For ... His Soul. Winner Of The World Fantasy Award For Best Novel, 1993 One–time professional gambler Scott Crane hasn't returned to Las Vegas, or held a hand of cards, in ten years. But troubling nightmares about a strange poker game he once attended on a houseboat on Lake Mead –– a contest he believed he walked away from a big winner –– are drawing him back to the magical city. Because the mythic game did not end that night in 1969. And the price of his winnings was his soul. And now a pot far more strange and perilous than he ever could imagine depends on the turning of a card.