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prose,plot,and insight into thedark recesses of the human heart,most good writersonly master one,or ifyou'relucky,two.Scott is a bonafide triple threat.\"-Jordan Harper,author of She RidesShotgun  \n\"Scott Adlerberg has one of the very best voices incrime fiction today and exceeds all expectations withJack Waters -a perfect marriage of dreamy fable andhard-edged noir.\"-Angel Colon,author of No HappyEnding  \n“Scott Adlerberg's Jack Waters is the story abouta man who doesn't believe in murder,unless youhaven’t paid your gambling debt.Reminiscent of thegreat South American novels,this tale takes us to anunnamed island in the Caribbean where Jack Waterstakes refuge in the gorgeous tropics,hiding out fromthe Americans who want to hang him for his crime.But Jack Waters is too full of bravado,too Americanto stay low for long.Mixing with both the island'swealthy elite and poor rebels,Jack Waters musteventually choose a side,and grow a moral center,ifhe wants to keep his head.With Adlerberg's effortlessprose and compelling characters,Jack Waters is awonderful novel to curl up with.”-Jen Conley,authorof Canmibaks:Storiesfrom the Edge of the Pine Barvens  \n“Scott Adlerberg is a terrific storyteller.\"”-Jason Starr,  \naward-winning author of Savage Lane  \nA Broken River Books original  \nBroken River Books12205 Elkhorn CtEl Paso,TX 79936  \nCopyright ◎2017 by Scott Adlerberg  \nCover art and design copyright ◎2017 by Matthew Revertwww.matthewrevert.com  \nInterior design byJ David Osborne  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be repro-duced or transmitted in any form or by any means,elec-tronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,with-out the written consent of the publisher,except where per-mitted by law.  \nThis is a work of fiction.All names,characters,places,and incidents are the product of the author's imagination.Where the names of actual celebrities or corporate en-tities appear,they are used for fictional purposes and donot constitute assertions of fact.Any resemblance to realevents or persons,living or dead,is coincidental.  \nISBN:978-1-940885-42-1  \nPrinted in the USA.  \n# QJACK OWATERS\n\nBYSCOTT QDLERBERG  \nom) hanks   very mcch an。hope yoVenj0%  \n2。  \nBROKEN RIVER BOOKSELPASO,TX  \nfor Chaits  \n# THE FIRST DEBT\n\nAround the turn of the nineteenth century,near theCity of New Orleans,there lived a man named JackWaters.Throughout Louisiana,among gamblers,hehad a reputation.His specialty was poker.He likeddraw poker and five card stud,and his skill was suchthat he won more often than he lost.Jack Watersloved the challenge and excitement of gambling,buthis deep blue eyes always held a look of slight dis-satisfaction.He believed that a man,a gentleman any-how,should gamble for the sheer fun of it,while he,on the contrary,did it to support himself.  \nWaters came from a slave-owning family thathad lost all its wealth in the Civil War.From hisfather,who was 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