The Thief - format ePub

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The first installment of the Gameshouse, a mesmerising tale of a mystical gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires.In seventeenth century Venice exists a mysterious...

Everyone has heard of the Gameshouse. But few know all its secrets . . . It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost though chess, backgammon - every game under the sun.But those whom fortune...

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The third and final installment of the Gameshouse, a mesmerising tale of a mystical gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires.The Gamehouse is an unusual institution....

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The second installment of the Gameshouse, a mesmerising tale of a mystical gambling house whose deadly games of chance and skill control the fate of empires.The Gameshouse is an unusual institution. Many...

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***WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD******CLAIRE NORTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD***My name is Hope Arden. I am the girl the world forgets.It started when I...

The electrifying new thriller from the author of the acclaimed The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.Kepler is like you, but not like you. With a simple touch, Kepler can move into any body, live any...

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De nos jours. Ici, ailleurs et partout. Le haut joueur connu sous le nom d’Argent a défié la Maîtresse des Jeux elle-même : le temps du Grand Jeu est advenu, et comparé à lui, tous les autres sont désormais...

BEAU, RÉJOUISSANT ET BRILLANT. La Maison des Jeux. Cet établissement mystérieux inspire autant la crainte à ceux qui lui sont redevables, que l'excitation aux habitués qui s'exercent en son sein. Dans...

Dans la Venise du XVIIe siècle, il existe un établissement mystérieux connu sous le nom de Maison des Jeux, accueillant deux ligues. Dans la ligue basse, des fortunes se font et se défont en jouant aux...

Bangkok, 1938. Remy Burke, membre madré de la Haute Loge, qu’il pratique depuis un demi siècle, reprend conscience dans la moiteur de sa chambre d’hôtel après une nuit trop arrosée. Beaucoup trop. Il...

Théo Miller connaît la valeur de la vie humaine - jusqu'au dernier centime.Au Bureau d'audit des crimes, son rôle consiste à évaluer chaque dossier qui lui est confié et à s'assurer que les criminels...

Harry August se trouve sur son lit de mort. Une fois de plus. Chaque fois qu'il décède, il naît de nouveau, au lieu et à la date exacts auxquels il est venu au monde la première fois, possédant tous les...

« Je suis Kepler. Je pourrais être vous. »Alors que la vie s'échappait de mon corps, j'ai tendu la main vers mon assassin. Et tout à coup, je voyais le monde à travers ses yeux, mon corps étendu, brisé...

Il est temps que les femmes d'Ithaque racontent leur histoire.Le roi Ulysse est parti il y a de nombreuses années en guerre contre Troie, emmenant tous les hommes en âge de combattre de l'île d'Ithaque....

La Maison des Jeux. Cet établissement mystérieux inspire autant la crainte à ceux qui lui sont redevables, que l'excitation aux habitués qui s'exercent en son sein. Dans la Basse Loge, les fortunes se...

Par l'auteure des Quinze premières vies de Harry August Mon nom est Hope Arden. Je suis la fille que tout le monde oublie. Tout a commencé quand j'avais seize ans. Mon père qui omet de m'emmener au lycée....

Bangkok, 1938. Remy Burke, membre madré de la Haute Loge, qu’il pratique depuis un demi siècle, reprend conscience dans la moiteur de sa chambre d’hôtel après une nuit trop arrosée. Beaucoup trop. Il...

Venise, 1610. Au cœur de la Sérénissime, cité-monde la plus peuplée d’Europe, puissance honnie par le pape Paul V, il est un établissement mystérieux connu sous le nom de Maison des Jeux. Palais accueillant...

De nos jours. Ici, ailleurs et partout. Le haut joueur connu sous le nom d’Argent a défié la Maîtresse des Jeux elle-même : le temps du Grand Jeu est advenu, et comparé à lui, tous les autres sont désormais...

Au-delà des rivages d'Ithaque, les caprices des dieux dictent les guerres des hommes. Mais sur l'île, ce sont les choix des femmes abandonnées - et de leurs déesses - qui changeront le cours du monde....

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Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

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Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and...

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