A Game of Universe — Eric Nylund

THE ULTIMATE CONTEST

Germain is more than one man: a top-level corporate assassin in a cutthroat universe...the tormented guardian of his victims' souls...a powerful muse capable of casting spells both mundane and miraculous.

In a Golden City casino, he saves his skin but wagers his soul--in a competition with twelve of the galaxy's most ruthless thieves, pirates, zealots and mercenaries. Germain now has one year to scour the cosmos for the legendary Holy Grail that will alter his reality and existence...or destroy him.