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One-Eyed Jack

by Elizabeth Bear

Series: The Promethean Age (5)

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The One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King: personifications of the city of LasVegas -- its history, mystery, mystical power, and heart! When the Suicide King vanishes -- possibly killed -- in the middleof a magic-rights turf war started by the avatars of Los Angeles, a notoriousfictional assassin, and the mutilated ghost of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel --his partner, the One-Eyed Jack, must seek the aid of a bizarre band of legendaryand undead allies: the ghosts of Doc Holliday and John Henry the steel-drivingman; the echoes of several imaginary super spies, decades displaced in time; anda vampire named Tribute, who bears a striking resemblance to a certain long-losticon of popular music.… (more)
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"You son-of-a-bitch, if you ain't heeled, go and heel yourself."

-John Henry Holliday to Ike Clanton, around 1:00 am in the morning, Wednesday, 26 October, 1881
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For Scott, who daily confounds and revises the expectations of my narrative.
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The One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King: personifications of the city of LasVegas -- its history, mystery, mystical power, and heart! When the Suicide King vanishes -- possibly killed -- in the middleof a magic-rights turf war started by the avatars of Los Angeles, a notoriousfictional assassin, and the mutilated ghost of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel --his partner, the One-Eyed Jack, must seek the aid of a bizarre band of legendaryand undead allies: the ghosts of Doc Holliday and John Henry the steel-drivingman; the echoes of several imaginary super spies, decades displaced in time; anda vampire named Tribute, who bears a striking resemblance to a certain long-losticon of popular music.

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