Wildcards

Gamble for your soul with this compendium of the dark fantastic. A rogue's gallery of otherworld detectives, undead mafia, and bloodthirsty femme fatales. It begins with the novel One-Eyed Jacks... Jack is an ex-Vegas illusionist turned criminal. He doesn't believe in magic, even if magic believes in him. To prevent a mob war, Jack's boss sends him to a remote Pacific island. A backwater casino at the edge of the map where low lifes lay low. And while he's on this mandatory vacation, he might as well get some damn work done! His assignment: smuggle home an oracle of Asian antiquity for a mysterious buyer. Quietly. Keep it simple, keep it easy. Unfortunately, nothing is ever easy for the Jack of Spades. A Hong Kong mafia queen, eccentric government agent, and rogue spirits straight out of Chinese myth all want to cash in Jack's chips. With a mystical deck stacked against him, can this Sin City escape artist make it out alive? Then deal yourself a hand full of jokers, all grinning with that playful glint of Hell in their eyes... Eight harrowing bonus stories of edgy urban fantasy, exciting pulp fiction, gritty crime noir, and delicious vampire horror. A menagerie of thrills and chills to sink your teeth into—but be warned, they bite back! Satisfy your guilty pleasures, darkest hunger, and calls for Cthulhu today. Formerly published as the Grit & Shadows Omnibus. ????? "Brink melds hard-boiled mystery, robot sex slaves, and a twist on Greek myth, all which evoke Blade Runner, and leaves you wanting for more." -- Tales of the Talisman Magazine "A great pulp noir piece involving casinos, gunfights, and a dash of magic reminiscent of Big Trouble in Little China. Fun, exciting fiction that reads like my favorite movies from the '80s." – Barbarian Book Club Fun, exciting fiction that reads like my favorite movies from the '80s." – Barbarian Book Club