A twisty story of intrigue and video games performed for the very best attainable
stakes.
The Gameshouse is at all times the identical, although it’s not at all times within the
identical metropolis; at all times dwelling to a wierd crowd of gamblers, a few of whom do not appear
to belong on this time and place. For those who play nicely, chances are you’ll be invited to affix
the upper league. There, your items are individuals, and you should wager a part of
your self to affix the sport: “Your ability with language, maybe. Your love of
color….Years of your life.” We start in Venice, 1610, the place a lady named
Thene will probably be invited to play a recreation of Kings. We’ll journey many miles and
centuries from this starting however should at all times do not forget that anybody we meet
may later turn out to be a participant—or a chunk to be performed. North (84Okay, 2018,
and so on.) creates a darkish, atmospheric world in 17th-century Venice, then strikes to a
high-stakes, suspenseful recreation of hide-and-seek throughout Thailand in 1938, and
lastly a world-spanning recreation of chess performed for management of the Gameshouse
itself. The primary two elements are stronger than the third, as a result of the stakes
really feel extra quick and fewer theoretical, however the entire provides as much as one thing
fairly wealthy.
An uncommon, intriguing novel that’s each a paranoid fantasy
a couple of world the place anybody could be purchased and a broody story about what actually
issues when something could be gambled away.
