The War of Poker: Poker Boy, #9
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Poker Boy somehow finds himself facing an imitation of his girlfriend, Patty Ledgerwood.
Within a fraction of a second he somehow saves himself and maybe the world from another war.
Or maybe he helps set up a new war in the future.
“[The Poker Boy] series is unlike anything else out there. It’s quirky and a lot of fun.”
Dean Wesley Smith
Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.
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The War of Poker - Dean Wesley Smith
Poker Boy somehow finds himself facing an imitation of his girlfriend, Patty Ledgerwood.
Within a fraction of a second he somehow saves himself and maybe the world from another war.
Or maybe he helps set up a new war in the future.
THE WAR OF POKER
I WAS STARTING to figure out that if I wanted a new case or some problem to come up threatening the world and everything I knew, all I had to do was stand in the main lobby of the Las Vegas MGM Grand. Someone, some problem, somehow would find me.
At the moment I really didn’t want a new case, but I had learned as a superhero that people needing help or problems needing solving didn’t happen when I wanted them to. Annoying, but true.
But even though it might lead to the end of everything I knew, I often spent time in the MGM Grand lobby wearing my black leather coat and black Fedora-like hat that was my superhero uniform, leaning against the same marble pillar, waiting for my girlfriend