Skeeve’s dealt himself a fine mess of trouble this time. First he bluffs his way into a high-stakes game of dragon poker, and, by some miracle wins. Then, still flush with luck, Skeeve heads straight for the king of dragon poker, the Sen-Sen Ante Kid. And with a pot of half a million, there’d better not be any myth-deals. But even if Skeeve can hold his own in a high-stakes game, there’s still Markie. Left as a pint-sized IOU by a player who went broke, she conjures a house full of trouble every time she tries to cast a spell. And to top it off, jealous magicians have hired the notorious assassin, the Axe, to cut more than the deck…