[The Gameshouse 01] • The Gameshouse

**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 all its secrets...

It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost through chess, backgammon - every game under the sun.

But those whom fortune favors may be invited to compete in the higher league... a league where the games played are of politics and empires, of economics and kings. It is a league where Capture the Castle involves real castles, where hide and seek takes place on the scale of a continent.

Among those worthy of competing in the higher league, three unusually talented contestants play for the highest stakes of all...

**This novel was originally published as three digital-only novellas: *The Serpent, The Thief* , and *The Master.* **

Previous books by Claire North: *The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August* *Touch* *The Sudden Appearance of Hope* *The End of the Day* *84K*

By the same author, writing as Kate Griffin: *A Madness of Angels* *The Midnight Mayor* *The Neon Court* *The Minority Council* *The Glass God* *Stray Souls*