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Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player 20 years ago and hasn’t returned to Las Vegas, or held a hand of cards, in 10 years. But troubling nightmares about a strange poker game he once attended on a houseboat on Lake Mead are drawing him back to the magical city. For the mythic game he believed he won did not end that night in 1969—and the price of his winnings was his soul. Now, a pot far more strange and perilous than he ever could imagine depends on the turning of a card.

Enchantingly dark and compellingly real, this World Fantasy Award–winning novel is a masterpiece of magic realism set in the gritty, dazzling underworld known as Las Vegas.

.©1992 Tim Powers (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Fantasy Horror Game Magic Poker

Critic reviews

“A dizzying, stimulating magnum opus.” ( USA Today)
“Brilliant! Compelling and satisfying! Tim Powers is one of our best writers, and Last Call is his best book yet.” (Raymond E. Feist)
“Distinctive and commanding…a strikingly inventive novel.” ( Publishers Weekly)
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I read this years ago and am now revisiting via the audiobook. It’s even better than I remember it. Moving, compelling, utterly bonkers yet feels real. Tim Powers is a wonderful writer and well worth spending time with.

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