Last Call (novel)
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Last Call (1992) is a fantasy novel by Tim Powers. It was published in New York by Harper Collins in 1996 with ISBN 038072846X. It is the first book in a loose trilogy; the second book, Expiration Date (1995), is vaguely related to Last Call, the third book, Earthquake Weather (1997), acts as a sequel to the first two books.
Like many of Powers' novels, Last Call features a detailed magic system, here based on the Tarot, and draws on mythical or historical events and characters, in this case Bugsy Siegel and the development of Las Vegas casinos as well as the legend of the Fisher King. Powers makes use of T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land throughout, which also features the Fisher King legend.