Central Library: Children’s Room is closed today due to building repair.

NOTICE: The Eastwood Branch will be closed on April 29th & 30th for maintenance needs. 

See the latest updates about Alma Powell Branch.

Book

1 of 1 Copy Available

  • CENTRAL: First Floor Collection
Log In to Place HoldAdd Author AlertMore Details

The Gameshouse

Call Number

  • SCIENCE FICTION NORT (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY, Orbit, 2019.

Physical Description

441 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

"Everyone has heard of the Gameshouse. But few know all its secrets... It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost through chess, backgammon--every game under the sun. But those whom fortune favors may be invited to compete in the higher league, where the games played are of politics and nations, of economics and kings. It is a contest where capture the castle involves real castles and where hide-and seek takes place on the scale of a continent. Among those worthy of competing in the higher league, three unusually talented contestants play for the highest stakes of all---"--

Notes

Simultaneously published in Great Britain and the U.S. by Orbit.

"This novel was originally published in three installments"--Back cover.

Includes reader's extras.

Contents

  • The serpent
  • The thief
  • The master.

Share: Facebook Twitter