The Great Game
The Complete Series
Reeks: The Great Game
Dave Duncan
- The
- complete
- WWI
- alternate
- reality
- trilogy,
- featuring
- a
- realm
- where
- humans
- can
- be
- gods,
- and
- an
- Englishman
- is
- called
- to
- be
- a
- liberator.Past
- ImperativeIn
- the
- summer
- of
- 1914,
- Edward
- Exeter,
- a
- young
- English
- gentleman,
- awakens
- under
- police
- guard—grievously
- injured
- and
- wrongly
- accused
- of
- his
- friend’s
- murder.
- Meanwhile,
- the
- youngest
- member
- of
- a
- penniless
- acting
- troupe
- has
- been
- taken
- prisoner
- by
- loyal
- minions
- of
- a
- corrupt,
- vengeful
- goddess
- in
- the
- alternate
- realm
- of
- Nextdoor.
- The
- two
- are
- part
- of
- an
- ancient
- prophecy
- in
- Nextdoor
- that
- has
- divided
- the
- realm’s
- ruling
- deities
- into
- warring
- factions.
- It’s
- all
- a
- game—a
- deadly
- contest
- of
- skill
- and
- manipulations
- that
- ruthlessly
- creates
- wizards,
- destroys
- human
- pawns,
- and
- transforms
- ordinary
- men,
- women,
- and
- children
- into
- something
- more
- .
- .
- .Present
- TenseIn
- the
- midst
- of
- the
- horror
- of
- the
- First
- World
- War,
- a
- stranger
- falls
- from
- nowhere
- into
- the
- mud
- and
- death
- of
- Flanders
- battlefield—bruised,
- babbling,
- and
- stark
- naked
- .
- .
- .
- with
- a
- remarkable
- story
- to
- tell.
- The
- Great
- Game—the
- timeless
- diversion
- of
- human
- gods,
- a
- ruthless
- contest
- of
- treachery,
- magic,
- betrayal,
- and
- manipulation,
- created
- to
- relieve
- the
- tedium
- of
- immortality—goes
- on
- .
- .
- .Future
- IndefiniteYoung
- Edward
- Exeter
- has
- spent
- five
- years
- trying
- to
- escape
- the
- magnetic
- and
- powerfully
- magical
- pull
- of
- the
- Great
- Game,
- which
- has
- designated
- him
- as
- its
- most
- important
- player.
- But
- war
- and
- bloodthirsty
- intrigue
- rage
- on
- both
- sides
- of
- magical
- portals
- and
- across
- worlds,
- and
- Exeter
- can
- resist
- his
- destiny
- no
- longer.
- He
- accepts
- the
- mantle
- of
- Liberator
- that
- has
- been
- thrust
- upon
- him,
- and
- the
- decision
- turns
- old
- friends
- into
- foes
- and
- old
- enemies
- into
- acolytes
- as
- he
- is
- surrounded
- by
- murderous
- plots
- and
- betrayals.
- But
- this
- is
- not
- the
- uninformed
- Edward
- Exeter
- who
- came
- naked
- into
- this
- hidden
- realm
- years
- ago.
- He
- has
- lived
- the
- Game
- and
- learned
- it
- well—and
- he
- intends
- to
- play
- it
- boldly
- to
- its
- shocking,
- worlds-shattering
- conclusion
- .
- .
- .Praise
- for
- The
- Great
- Game
- trilogy“Duncan
- has
- a
- wonderful
- knack
- of
- conjuring
- up
- wacky
- scenarios
- and
- making
- them
- believable
- and
- fascinating.”
- —Kirkus
- Reviews
- on
- Past
- Imperative“It
- features
- gritty,
- well-developed
- characters,
- several
- of
- whom
- change
- and
- grow
- believably
- in
- the
- course
- of
- the
- book.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly
- on
- Present
- Tense“The
- conclusion
- of
- the
- trilogy
- The
- Great
- Game
- resembles
- its
- predecessors
- .
- .
- .
- in
- being
- tightly
- written,
- intelligent,
- and
- original.”
- —Booklist
- on
- Future Indefinite
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