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Marty Strauss spent much of his life bound by fate—until finally he escapes prison and becomes the bodyguard of Joseph Whitehead, one of Europe's richest men. Whitehead, who has long toiled with a mystical game that granted him wealth at the cost of his soul, finds that the forces he has shackled are now returning. Terrifying entities capable of raising the dead pursue them, and Marty must choose between his employers and the abyss itself, playing one final game that could decide both his life and the fate of the world.
First publish date: 1985
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Clive Barker
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