The Gameshouse

By Claire North

Book Overview

The World Fantasy Award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August presents a mesmerizing tale of a gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires. 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. . . a league where the games played are of politics and empires, of economics and kings. It is a league where Capture the Castle involves real castles, 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. . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031649156X
• ISBN13: 9780316491563
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Orbit
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"