Aces and Eights

Preacher #2

by Ted Thackrey Jr.

In the seamy underworld of Las Vegas, winning is everything. — This time, survival is enough... — They call him Preacher. A former priest, he already knows how to save souls--but 'Nam taught him that saving lives was a little more practical. Now the ultimate gambling man, Preacher is playing the highest stakes poker game ever dealt. His opponents are mobsters and terrorists. The jackpot is an atomic bomb. And the odds are a million-to-one that the entire city of Las Vegas will be dealt the Dead Man's Hand...

Genres: Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 1989

About the author

Ted Thackrey, Jr. (1918–2001), the editor, associate publisher and general manager of the New York Post, whose stepmother was Dorothy Schiff, later worked as a reporter for The Wichita Eagle in Wichita, Kansas, before joining the Los Angeles Examiner in the 1950s. He went on to the Los Angeles Times in 1968, where he eventually became a rewrite man. He died in July 2001.