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Languages:EnglishPublisher:OrbitISBN-13:9780316491563ISBN-10:031649156XUPC:9780316491563Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Thrillers, LiteraryBook Topic:Action & Adventure, SuspenseSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:0.8Product ID:SCCM1F9313
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. . .
Languages:EnglishPublisher:OrbitISBN-13:9780316491563ISBN-10:031649156XUPC:9780316491563Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Thrillers, LiteraryBook Topic:Action & Adventure, SuspenseSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:0.8Product ID:SCCM1F9313
Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, a Carnegie Medal-nominated author whose first book was written when she was just fourteen years old. She went on to write several other novels in various genres, before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, in 2014. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and an Audie nomination, and was included in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list. Her next novel, Touch, was also in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year, in 2015. Catherine currently works as a theatre lighting designer and is a fan of big cities, urban magic, Thai food and graffiti-spotting. She lives in London.
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