V.H. MANSURIANAUTHOR

THE WORLD OF V.H. MANSURIAN

The
Poker Gods.

Some debts follow you
into the afterlife.

A darkly comic novel of friendship, betrayal, and the long odds of redemption.

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LITERARY FICTION · DARK COMEDY · MAGICAL REALISM

A NOVEL BY V.H. MANSURIAN
The Poker Gods, a novel by V.H. Mansurian: gold lettering over a Las Vegas sunset, poker chips, and an ace of spades
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIALAS VEGAS, 2007
01 / THE NOVEL

Three friends.
One stolen future.

Arman Rafielyan is already dead. His friends are just getting started.

After police gun him down inside a Burger King, Sam and Trey skip his funeral and steal the $17,000 beneath his mattress. Their destination: a poker championship in Las Vegas. But Arman refuses to cross over—and refuses to let them go.

Across Southern California and the Mojave, the living chase a fortune while the dead cling to unfinished business. In a world where even the gods have a stake in the game, hope may be the most reckless wager of all.

Enter the world of The Poker Gods

Even under the weight of the world,
there is still room for hope.

AT THE HEART OF THE POKER GODS
02 / THE AUTHOR

V.H. Mansurian

Raised in Los Angeles, California, V.H. Mansurian brings a background in screenplay writing to his fiction. The Poker Gods follows flawed people through a world where the ordinary and the impossible share the same road.

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