What is a dying man willing to wager?
Gary Boone, a Chicago therapist with terminal pancreatic cancer, discovers he can control the outcome of dice with his mind, but only after he’s already bankrupted his family trying to stay alive. With only weeks to live and $3.5 million needed to secure his wife and kids’ future, Gary enlists his wealthy brother-in-law Nolan to take him to high-stakes craps games. But as Gary chases financial salvation through increasingly questionable methods, he trades the precious time he has left for money that may never come, forcing him to confront whether leaving his family rich but fatherless is worth more than being present for his final days.
You might enjoy this story if you enjoy…
- Stories with an emotional core centered around a family
- A morally ambiguous protagonist
- Stories that explore money, meaning, and mortality
- Grounded dramas with a twist of magical realism
- A tragic story