Wildcards

<p><strong>Jack is an ex-magician turned criminal. When he discovers that the seedy underbelly of the 1980s hides secrets of a mythological Underworld he'll need to learn some new tricks to survive. </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Wildcards</em> is a rogue's gallery of otherworldly detectives undead mafia and bloodthirsty femme fatales. Gamble for your soul with this compendium of the dark fantastic.</p><p> </p><p><strong>It begins with the novel <em>One-Eyed Jacks</em>...</strong></p><p> </p><p>Jack is a jaded former illusionist who's turned his back on the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas. Now a cunning criminal he shuffles in smuggling jobs and counterfeit art between stiff drinks and a half-assed search for greater purpose.</p><p> </p><p>When a collection job goes sideways his boss sends him out of town to cool things off. Just a quick bounce to a remote Pacific island at the edge of the map. There Jack meets a Hong Kong mafia queen for a simple trade: Western art for Eastern antiquity. An ancient oracle that supposedly predicted the rise and fall of empires. But there is no such thing as magic right?</p><p> </p><p>Soon a beautiful casino girl rival mobsters and fearsome spirits straight out of Chinese myth all want to cash in Jack's chips.</p><p> </p><p>With a mystical deck stacked against him can this Sin City escape artist make it out alive?</p><p> </p><p><strong>Then deal yourself a hand full of jokers all grinning with that playful glint of Hell in their eyes...</strong></p><p> </p><p>Eight harrowing bonus stories of edgy urban fantasy exciting pulp fiction gritty crime noir science fiction and delicious vampire horror. A menagerie of thrills and chills to sink your teeth into—but be warned they bite back!</p><p> </p><p><strong>Satisfy your guilty pleasures darkest hunger and calls for Cthulhu today.</strong><br> </p><p>Formerly published as the <em>Grit & Shadows Omnibus</em>.<br> </p><p><strong>★★★★★</strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Brink melds hard-boiled mystery robot sex slaves and a twist on Greek myth all which evoke </em>Blade Runner<em> and leaves you wanting for more.</em>  -- Tales of the Talisman Magazine<br><br><em>A great pulp noir piece involving casinos gunfights and a dash of magic reminiscent of </em>Big Trouble in Little China.<em> Fun exciting fiction that reads like my favorite movies from the '80s.</em> – Barbarian Book Club</p><p> </p><p><em>[Brink] has a devious mind and his stories are to die for. </em>– Jan on Amazon</p>