Week 2 of Shootout Sunday

On the Mississippi, the stakes are never just cards.

Eli Warren sits down at the Crescent Belle’s poker table with water in his glass and danger in the air. Across from him: Burke Kettering, a man who doesn’t like to lose. In the shadows: a gray vest, a waiting pistol, and trouble that won’t stay buried.

When the final card falls, the night spills out onto the deck—chips, coin, and blood all riding the current of the great river.

Shootout Sunday presents: Eli Warren on the Mississippi.