The Gameshouse is an unusual institution.
Many know it as the place where fortunes can be made and lost though games of chess, backgammon -- every game under the sun.
But a select few, who are picked to compete in the higher league, know that some games are played for higher stakes -- those of politics and empires, of economics and kings . . .
And now, the ultimate player is about to step forward.
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"I'll admit it, I love the games house trilogy. They are all exceptional. The master, as the penultimate finale, is fantastic. I'll admit at times I wondered what's it all about, and I think this one gets a little too lost in the details of the final match, but once you start you can't stop listening."
— Yogi (5 out of 5 stars)
An astonishing re-invention of the time travel narrative. Bold, magical and masterful.
— Mike Carey, on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" Once my sadness passed that this was the last of this series, I fell completely into this tale. Ms. North tells a story like no one else. It is a rare and wonderful thing when a story changes the way you view the world. Prepare yourself for a fantastic ride! "
— Elizabeth, 7/17/2017Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and was included in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list. Her novel, The Sudden Appearance of Hope, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
Peter Kenny, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a talented and experienced actor, voice-over artist, singer, musician, and designer, with over twenty-five years of experience working in theater, film, television, and audio. He has achieved great critical acclaim for multicharacter recordings of audiobooks by authors such as Iain Banks, Christopher Priest, and Edmund St Aubyn.