A review by mr_bartleby
Last Call by Tim Powers

4.0

A game of poker played on Lake Mead with a strange deck of Tarot cards kicks off a harrowing adventure to save a man's soul. Pacing is excellent, solid storytelling all around, but where this book really shines is the bizarre magic system Powers puts together. Tarot symbolism meets Vegas odds and runs smack dab into the real world. This might be the best soft magic system I've ever come across, and I'll be recommending the book on that alone.