Lost Gods

Anansi has a rude awakening when he discovers that his break and enter at the bank was captured on film, and his naked form is now splashed all over the news. The partners head off to return Judy's books, but she becomes defensive when they question her about the amazing and slightly impossible details she included in her notes. Coyote goes to the police station to deal with his infraction, but doesn't come out. Anansi mounts a one man rescue, but he meets a cop who is more than he seems.

Anansi goes to great lengths to correct a terrible mistake, and almost pays the ultimate price. Coyote has a run in with the police, and the partners discuss how their plans are going awry over coffee.

Anansi, posing as a moneyed heir, meets the manager of the bank. Thinkgs are going swimmingly, until the manager is called away by the sudden arrival of several very angry customers who think that their accounts have been compromised. Anansi sets up the next step of the con, and he and Coyote try to relax with an afternoon of scamming on the streets again.

Anansi and Coyote collect the overwhelming amounts of research material that Judy has prepared for them. With it, they are able to identify their attackers as tricksters and gods from a variety of cultures. Although confused as to why they have suddenly been targeted, the partners attempt to focus their energies back to the long con they are trying to run. After all, the bank is not going to just give them its money, now is it?

Anansi, after accidentally killing the fairy king , finds himself ambushed by a group of the king's loyal subjects. He uses every trick up his sleeve, but is badly outnumbered and near death. Coyote lets it slip to Judy that he and Anansi are, in actual fact, immortal gods, something that Anansi had been trying to keep on the down low. Judy, at first terrified of them, agrees to help them, as long as they don't attempt to sacrifice her or anything like that.

Anansi and Coyote go their separate ways, Iktomi's threat still ringing in their ears. After a dull day making telephone calls to keep their con rolling, Anansi is attacked by a dozen vicious, evil fairies, furious with him for killing their king the night before. Anansi uses every trick he can, manifesting himself as a variety of different spiders in order to trap, poison and rend the fairies limb from limb. But can he outwit them all?

Anansi and Coyote have an amazing night at the Hold Steady concert, and Coyote shares information about Iktomi, including the fact that he is, for lack of a better word, a total loser. However, after the show they discover he is a loser with impressive friends when he accosts them in a parking garage, accompanied by some powerful trickster gods.

Coyote decides to take Anansi to a concert, and Anansi takes Coyote home for dinner as thanks. Coyote easily charms Kanene, and more is revealed about his past, including the fact that a pemmican curry is not at good as you might think. The partners head off into the night, and Anansi makes reference to difficult, and perhaps deadly, times ahead.

Kweku does some research on his new friend and partner Michael. He discovers that Michael is much more than he bargained for. He also discovers the identity of his attacker, and the possible connection between his new friend and foe.

Kweku and Michel hatch a scheme to con the biggest mark of all: the Canadian Imperial Bank and Empire. At first nervous about the high visibility of a scam that has them dressing like security guards and mechanics, collecting information from people at bank machines, they eventually settle into a comfortable rhythm, until Kweku is blindsided by an attacker who appears to be, like him, as much spider as man.