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Dead Man's Range (Camden) Paperback – Import, September 1, 2002

by Lauran Paine (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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Only one will leave the final table…alive.

Wild Bill Hickok awakens to the feel of flesh crawling onto his bones. Alive again, in the graveyard in Deadwood on a cold October night, he has an irresistible compulsion to go to Atlantic City.

There, in the mysterious and magical Black Queen casino, he joins a rogue’s gallery of resurrected scoundrels, all gamblers who were murdered like himself. Will the father of organized crime revert to his bad habits and attempt to take over the Queen? Will Wild Bill finally find out if those aces and eights are winners? Five murdered men sit down to a poker tournament for the highest possible the right to stay alive.
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  1. Print length
    196 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
  4. Publication date
    September 1, 2002
  5. ISBN-10
    075404596X
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0754045960
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C; Large Print Ed edition (September 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 075404596X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0754045960
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.11 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Pati Nagle

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Pati Nagle has written nineteen novels and two collections of short fiction, besides all the stuff that hasn't seen print.

Her stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Cicada, Cricket, and in various anthologies. She is a Writers of the Future finalist and finalist for the New Mexico Press Women's Zia Award. Her short story "Coyote Ugly" received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and was honored as a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award. She has also written a series of historical novels as P.G. Nagle and writes mysteries as Patrice Greenwood.

She lives in the mountains of New Mexico. An avid student of music, history, and humans in general, she loves the outdoors but hides from the sun.

Her latest novel is Kokopelli and the Virgin, a story of miracles and visions, set in the fertile, endangered Rio Grande Valley.

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5.0 out of 5 stars ... with a magical twist in a poker setting- I loved it! A fun read with well developed characters ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2014
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Historical figures with a magical twist in a poker setting- I loved it! A fun read with well developed characters you get to know and care about (or dislike!) Unexpected from start to finish, yet every page good. No need to define the genre; you'll find it hard to put down.
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Deborah J. Ross
5.0 out of 5 stars A Western/ghoststory/thriller with heart...
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2012
Part ghost story, part thriller, part Western with a sweet hint of romance... this is a lovely story with wonderful characters, expertly put together. I know nothing about poker or gambling and yet I understood and thoroughly enjoyed it. I felt as if I were in the hands of a master poker player as well as a skilled storyteller, and from the moment Wild Bill Hickok took a look at contemporary Deadwood, the story caught me up. I loved how this was not only an adventure -- the drama of which of these gamblers will get to live again -- but an emotional journey as well.
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Jules Jones
4.0 out of 5 stars lovely ghost novel
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015
Five murdered poker players from different eras are brought back from the dead for one last tournament. The prize is life itself.

The book opens with Wild Bill Hickok finding himself pulled from the grave, his bones clothing themselves with flesh and the flesh with clothes. The reader follows along with Bill as he tries to work out what's going on and why he feels an urge to go to Atlantic City, although the reader has an advantage over him in being able to recognise the present day and just how much time has passed. Another four men from different time periods have the same experience, although one is so recently dead that he is able to convince friends and family that he'd been kidnapped and held incommunicado for several years. As they gradually assemble, they discover that they have been revived for the greatest poker tournament in history - between the greatest players, no matter when they lived.

The result is an atmospheric blend of ghost story and mystery, with some superb world-building going into the strange casino that has revived the men. The characters are well developed, and it's a joy to watch their interaction, and their different reactions to the present day. Those reactions are driven in part by their different reasons for wanting the prize; not just a new life in a recreated body, but what they want to do with that life. A chance at love, a chance at revenge, fascination with this new world they find themselves in... Even for the four losers, their short time walking the earth again allows them to do at least a little of what was left undone.

A lovely short ghost novel for Halloween, with the emphasis on the human soul rather than on horror.
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patricia rice
5.0 out of 5 stars Real Zombies!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2012
Part time travel, part ghoul story, this tale is totally, absolutely compelling. Five gamblers killed for their gambling rise up from the grave at the behest of a hellish magician who wants to hold the ultimate televised poker tournament from a hotel in Atlantic City hidden from the mundanes. The winner gets his life back! The characterization of everyone from Wild Bill Hickok to a smarmy NYC gangster from the roaring twenties is fascinating, as is the suspense of which one will walk away with the prize.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Hallowe'en
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2012
Just in time for Hallowe'en, here's a great story about murdered gamblers being brought back to life for the ultimate Texas Hold 'Em Tournament. The winner gets to keep living. But is that what these men are ultimately looking for?

This story is creepy enough for Hallowe'en -- the dead being brought back to life and magic creatures aplenty -- but not so scary that it will give you nightmares. Highly recommended.
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