Evan Morris Reiser

Desperate to clear his debts after a string of disastrous weather investments, small-time grifter Bick Banion agrees to transport a mysterious case known only as “the Whatsit." Who's really working for who? Who's really getting the short end of the stick? Who's really behind all this cloak and dagger baloney? Bick Banion's out to save his bottom line, not ask questions.

Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.