Karl Patterson, sometime baseball card dealer without visible means of support, doesn't get along all
 that well with his father, even though he lives in the guest house of his dad's estate on the Palos 
Verdes Peninsula near Los Angeles rent free. So he is surprised when Richard Patterson, who is founder
 and CEO of a successful software company called Dionysus, asks for his help to determine whether the 
number 2 man of Dionysus, Ned Mackay, has a gambling problem. Perhaps it's because Karl may or may not
 be a compulsive gambler, himself, depending on whom you ask.
Richard assigns his executive assistant, the exotic and ambitious Arrow, to work with Karl. She appears 
to have some blood from every ethnic group you can name, and the best of each. She helps Karl connect 
with Ned, and Karl wangles an invitation to fly with him to San Francisco, which brings up the question
 of what Ned's relationship is to James Buchanan, a puzzling person who likes puzzles, runs what appears 
to be an illegal gambling casino, and is CEO of a San Francisco conglomerate that owns a piece of just 
about everything worth owning.
Before Karl can make any progress, Ned is found dead in San Francisco with cocaine in his car. Karl is
 questioned by the San Francisco police, and now finds himself trying to determine what happened to Ned,
 and what effect this will have on his father and Dionysus. Questions about James remain, because he 
seems to want to gain control of Dionysus, and may help Karl buy an expensive baseball card.
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