Author Description

<b>Follow the trail. Play the game. Save your soul.</b><br> <br> Betrayed by those he holds dear, Taylor Pike is in need of a change. A chance meeting with a psychic sends him on a mysterious trip across the water to the Isle of Wight.<br> <br> His only clue is a simple playing card: the Jack of Spades.<br> <br> A cryptic trail of similar cards leads him to the village of Blackgang, where he meets Papa Loco: a man shunned by the villagers due to his crazy stories of evil lurking in the village. Through the strange old man, Taylor learns of Blackgang's dark history - and its connection to a man known as Trickerjack.<br> <br> Following his debut appearance in House of Courtenay, the legend of the Trickerjack returns with three all-new short stories: <b>Passenger 29, Road to Nowhere and Queen of Scars.</b> Each story is told against the backdrop of Taylor Pike's own journey from the Isle of Wight to the depths of hell.