Table of Contents
Author's Note xi
Prologue: This Is Me Now 1
Part I Welcome To The Underground
1 A Way of Life 7
2 Blackpool Problems 17
3 Magic Is Dead 33
4 Locked In 41
5 A Break from Reality 51
6 A Vessel for Something Bigger 63
7 Cheat 71
8 Happy Pilgrims 83
9 An Actor Playing the Part of a Magician 91
10 The Rules of the Game 107
11 Cardsharps 117
12 At the Table 137
13 The Two of Clubs 143
Part II Every Once In A While, The Lion Has To Show The Jackal Who He Is
14 Young Bloods 159
15 Just a Simple Plan 173
16 Spies, Snitches, Skullduggery, and Scheming 187
17 By Any Means Necessary 203
18 Origins 213
19 Not Just a Female Magician 229
20 Fooling Bourdain 247
21 Behind the Scenes 263
22 Flipside 283
23 Kill the Architect 299
Acknowledgments 317