The Magic Skin

At the Palais-Royal, a young man trades his hat for a numbered token—and the gamblers turn to stare as if they have seen death walk in.

It is October 1829 in Paris, where the roulette tables promise fortune and the shabby gaming rooms feed on despair. The stranger arrives with the pallor of a man who has lost more than money; play seizes him, and beyond the tables waits a talisman with power to grant his desires. But every wish exacts its price, setting appetite against the brief, fragile span of a human life. How much would he dare to ask for?

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