The Last Hand by Stefano Graiff
“In a veiledly corrupt Trento unfolds a cruel game with life, played now with cards revealed, now with bated breath for the terror of a ‘bang’.
Confined in an abandoned factory, under the lecherous eye of spy cameras, Max is engaged in a gripping game of Texas Hold’em poker; guns on the table, bullets as chips ready to be wagered.
Here, Max summons the past, a window into his childhood in an orphanage and the events that led him to gamble his life. And then Mary, once lively and defiant as a child, now a cold, detached, indifferent woman. Thus, an irresistible need arises to see her again, to understand what happened to her, yet everyone keeps trying to convince him to let her be, even perfect strangers interfering in his choices. Why?
In a dystopian-esque setting, corruption and desperation vie for the privilege of victory, and in this wretched clash, instinct will decide which path to take.”
