The Gameshouse

Science Fiction

May-2019

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 al...

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Thriller

May-2018

From one of the most powerful writers in modern fiction and World Fantasy Award winner comes a dystopian vision of a world where money reigns supreme, and nothing is so precious that it can't be bought.... The penalty for Dani Cumali's murder: £8...

The End of the Day

Thriller

Apr-2017

At the end of the day, Death visits everyone. Right before that, Charlie does. You might meet him in a hospital, in a warzone, or at the scene of a traffic accident. Then again, you might meet him at the North Pole - he gets everywhere, our Cha...

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

Science Fiction

May-2016

My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. But we've met before-a thousand times. It started when I was sixteen years old. A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at...

The Master

Science Fiction

Nov-2015

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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 som...

The Serpent

Science Fiction

Nov-2015

Gameshouse - 1

In seventeenth century Venice exists a mysterious establishment known only as the Gameshouse. There fortunes are made and fortunes are broken over games of chess, backgammon, and every other game under the sun. But those whom fortune favors may be in...

The Thief

Science Fiction

Nov-2015

Gameshouse - 2

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...

Touch

Science Fiction

Feb-2015

Your violent death usually triggers the first switch. Just before your life ebbs away, your skin happens to touch another human being -- and in an instant, your consciousness transfers completely to the person you touched. From that moment on, you...

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Science Fiction

Apr-2014

SOME STORIES CANNOT BE TOLD IN JUST ONE LIFETIME. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he ha...