The New York Times Bestselling author of Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi, Michael A. Stackpole, brings you the latest story in the Trick Molloy saga. Trick Molloy has a problem. Lou Sandberg, a man who once took a bullet for him, wants Trick to save his wife. She's a prisoner of a Russian gangster who wants Lou to steal some cocaine for him. Normally Trick would handle that kind of thing after a little drink, but the Russian can handle magick, too; and just happens to be better at it than Trick is himself. (This story immediately follows The Witch in Scarlet in the continuity)