L'Homme qui a vu le diable

Gaston Leroux

On a stormy night in the Jura, four hunters—Allan, Mathis, Makoko, and the narrator—accept the hospitality of a reclusive gentleman. Inside his unsettling home, their host tells how a pact with the devil gave him infallible luck at gambling. When he proposes a card game for twelve thousand francs, doubt, fear, and the supernatural close in around his guests.