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"\n  One woman is in a world of otherworldly trouble&mdash;and she&rsquo;s going to have to bet her life to save humankind.\n\n\n  Ernestine &ldquo;Ernie&rdquo; Terwilliger has put her dreams aside to look after her eccentric mother. Case in point: saving her from a mysterious stranger who&rsquo;s just stormed the terrified woman&rsquo;s antique\n  store wearing a rattlesnake tattoo, leveling threats, and brandishing the weirdest deck of cards Ernie&rsquo;s ever seen.\n\n\n  When Ernie grabs some of the cards and runs, she&rsquo;s launched into a world she never knew existed&mdash;one her mother may know more about than she&rsquo;s revealing. With a handful of stolen cards, Ernie has\n  just been made an unwilling player in a game of good versus evil. But she&rsquo;s not even playing with a full deck, and its original owner is more than happy to kill to get his cards back.\n\n\n  Suddenly Ernie&rsquo;s matching wits and plays with the supernatural Immortal Dealers, who can raise empires, damn souls, and shape the world&rsquo;s destiny. It&rsquo;s up to Ernie to defeat the most brutal member\n  of their order. And if her roguish new ally isn&rsquo;t bluffing, he can help. The mystery is all in the cards, and to save her life&mdash;and humanity&mdash;Ernie had better learn how to deal.\n"
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