The Knave of Secrets
Publisher: Solaris
Date of Publication: 8 June 2023
Number of Volumes: Trade Paperback
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781786186102 |
| ISBN10: | 1786186101 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 464 pages |
| Size: | 198x128x27 mm |
| Weight: | 322 g |
| Language: | English |
| 618 |
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Short description:
When gambler and failed magician Valen Quinol is invited to the Forbearance Game&&&8212;where players gamble with secrets&&&8212;he can’t resist. Or refuse, as it turns out… Powerful forces are bearing&&&65279; down on his home on the isle of Valtiffe, and soon Valen and his misfit crew are caught up in a game where lives are as easily discarded as playing cards.
Long description:
Never stake more than you can afford to lose.
When failed magician turned cardsharp Valen Quinol is given the chance to play in the Forbearance Game&&&8212;the invitation-only tournament where players gamble with secrets&&&8212;he can’t resist. Or refuse, for that matter, according to the petty gangster sponsoring his seat at the table. Valen beats the man he was sent to play, and wins the most valuable secret ever staked in the history of the tournament.
Now Valen and his motley crew are being hunted by thieves, gangsters, spies and wizards, all with their own reasons for wanting what’s in that envelope. It’s a game of nations where Valen doesn’t know all the rules or who all the players are, and can’t see all the moves. But he does know if the secret falls into the wrong hands, it could plunge the whole world into war…
“An immersive story of living on the edge, playing the odds, going for the highest stakes and taking the direst of consequences &&&8211; there’s no part of Alex Livingston’s fascinating fantasy world that doesn’t turn on the deadly combination of skill and chance. Fresh, fun and thoroughly enjoyable.” -- Justina Robson
When failed magician turned cardsharp Valen Quinol is given the chance to play in the Forbearance Game&&&8212;the invitation-only tournament where players gamble with secrets&&&8212;he can’t resist. Or refuse, for that matter, according to the petty gangster sponsoring his seat at the table. Valen beats the man he was sent to play, and wins the most valuable secret ever staked in the history of the tournament.
Now Valen and his motley crew are being hunted by thieves, gangsters, spies and wizards, all with their own reasons for wanting what’s in that envelope. It’s a game of nations where Valen doesn’t know all the rules or who all the players are, and can’t see all the moves. But he does know if the secret falls into the wrong hands, it could plunge the whole world into war…
“An immersive story of living on the edge, playing the odds, going for the highest stakes and taking the direst of consequences &&&8211; there’s no part of Alex Livingston’s fascinating fantasy world that doesn’t turn on the deadly combination of skill and chance. Fresh, fun and thoroughly enjoyable.” -- Justina Robson
