There is a place between sleep and dreams where fortunes fly at the whims of the dice.

Where people from all walks of life can gamble for more than just money; they can wager their talents, their health, their family... so long as they own it, they can put it on the table for the chance to win the impossible.

Where unwitting guests can have their luck and their cunning tested in games where the winner takes all.

For time immemorial, the Silver Wheel Gambling House has run by these rules, giving people the opportunity to experience the greatest thrill or the deepest despair. But everything would change one fateful night, when the casino becomes host to an unusual — and diabolical — guest.

A guest who raises the stakes forever.

The first of a three-part series. You can read part two here, and part three here. Cover art provided by the talented and wonderful nebai.