Vegas Heat is the story of the Thornton dynasty ... of Fanny Thornton, who takes over Babylon, the family's magnificent Las Vegas casino, when her ex-husband Ash falls desperately ill ...of Fanny's twin sons, Sage and Birch, one content in his conventional life while the other's search for happiness leads to tragedy, and renewed hope ... of Fanny's daughter Sunny, betrayed her husband, fighting a battle no woman should ever have to face... of her...

After writing two books in the early 1960s, both now established as American classics, Ken Kesey abandoned the novel in its established form. Over the past twenty-five years he has written many shorter pieces, but only now, with Sailor Song, brings his considerable powers once again to bear on a full-scale undertaking, giving us a unique and powerful novel about America. Set in the near future, the story takes us to the Alaskan village of Kuinak,...