Gambler's Star: Six Fami

By Nancy Holder

Moonbase Vegas has become a mecca for wheelers and dealers--and a bagman named Deuce McNamara. Working for one of the six controlling families, the Borgiolis, Deuce enacts the dual roles of both dealer and agent, until he realizes that this cutthroat game is about to explode into an all-out mob war for control of the Moon.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380793121
• ISBN13: 9780380793129
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 5.3" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Good read

I can honestly say I was surprised by this book. It was given to me as a gift and I had initially dismissed it after reading the back cover. I thought it was just some cheezy Mafia knock off. I picked it up again a month later and read the first few pages. I was immediately hooked and couldn't put the damn book down! I'm trying to track down the rest of the series now...

SF Meets The Godfather--with style.

You don't have to be a fan of mob films and books to enjoy this first novel in the Gambler's Star trilogy. Author Holder has taken a unique, cleverly satirical view of the Moon's future, and told her story with wit, style, and an ingenuity difficult to find in sf these days. Once you realize that, of all things, toilet paper is the black market currency of choice, you know you're in for one heck of a grand ride.

The most enjoyable book that I've read in recent memory.

The Man in the Moon is a Don. The Earth has become a Puritan's dream, so if you want to have any fun, you have to go to the Moon. Moonbase Vegas, that is. But never forget to pay your respects to The Six Families, though, as they run the place. Think Pulp Fiction meets The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Now meet Deuce McNamara, adopted son of the lowliest of the Six, and all-around nice wiseguy. He's caught up in the biggest shake-up since The Families took over. If he can stay alive, he might just come out with a nice piece of the action. Viola. Nancy Holder is a very accomplished and award-winning author of horror, romance and media tie-ins. The Six Families is her first major foray into original science fiction and, quite simply, the most enjoyable book I've read in recent memory. As this is only Gambler's Star: Book One, she'll obviously be around for awhile, and for that - mille grazie. So all you fans of TV's Vegas and Wiseguy, and you fans of a good story, take note: You don't want to miss these. Capisce? --PMH