The Gameshouse - format ePub

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...

'AN EERILY PLAUSIBLE DYSTOPIAN MASTERPIECE' Emily St. John Mandel, author of STATION ELEVEN'AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL . . . with echoes of The Handmaid's Tale' Cory Doctorow***SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHILIP...

'ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ IN RECENT YEARS . . . PACKS A HELL OF AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH' Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of TimeFrom one of the most imaginative writers of her generation comes...

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...

'NORTH IS AN ORIGINAL AND EVEN DAZZLING WRITER' KirkusFrom the award-winning, bestselling Claire North comes a brand new stand-alone novella - a clever and unnervingly plausible dystopian tale set five...

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...

***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...

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD***'Funny, ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache' Sunday Times'Extraordinary . . . wildly impressive" Lucy...

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....

'MESMERIC, TERRIFYING AND WONDERFUL' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by blood. The shadow took to me, and we have been together since.'From...

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...

'ONE OF THE FICTION HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DECADE' Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book ClubFeatured in the Richard and Judy Book Club, the BBC Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club Winner of the...

'CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller AriadneFrom the author of the critically acclaimed Ithaca - A Sunday Times...

'CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller AriadneFollowing the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes...

'Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth - darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking' Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne***A Sunday Times Historical...

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...

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...

LONDRES. Bientôt. Jeune et belle, Harmony Meads est promise à un avenir radieux. Sa carrière d’agente immobilière pour yuppies file vers les sommets, et le couple qu’elle forme avec Jiannis fait sensation...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

Welcome to the quaint town of Ledstow, where magic whispers through the trees and secrets linger in every shadow. When a shocking murder rocks the musical community, Esther finds herself entangled in...

 On the outskirts of the quiet town of Woodville lies a forest steeped in legend—a place where trees are said to move, rivers run, and lost treasure is guarded by ancient spirits.When 12-year-old Jack...

Fate is the darkest curse of all.  Nadine We've reclaimed Octavia Falls and are restoring what was turned to ruin, but the priestesses remain a threat. The Miriamic Coven is looking to us to protect them...

A bloodless corpse and a stranger in town. It's happening again.Terror returns to Dante's Hallow. Nicholas Harwood and his unlikely group of companions, both the living and the dead, must find a way to...

Welcome to Carabas, where cats and dogs live together—but harmony comes at a price.Searching for his missing Siamese girlfriend Moira, feline journalist Julius Kyle bravely ventures beyond the city he...

It's finally time for Bubba the Monster Hunter to face his most terrifying challenge yet - marriage!That's right, Bubba's back and more ridiculous than ever, and this one ends with wedding bells! But...

With their wedding around the corner, Beatrice and Lincoln have a lot at stake. Secrets are amassing between the members of the royal family Beatrice is about to join, and she's supposed to keep them...

In a world where magic and mystery collide, one man's quest for truth unleashes a power that threatens to consume everything. Riven's journey is one of self-discovery and redemption, but the stakes are...

In a world where virtual reality gaming lets players shape their own stories, Nick desperately wants to join the beta test for Omen Galaxica's revolutionary AI update. There's just one catch - he needs...

In the storm-lashed remnants of a forgotten farmhouse, a neglected boy named Thomas Rourke discovers a hidden attic room containing an ancient artifact—an obsidian figurine—and the Book of Shadows. As...

The thing is more than two kilometers wide and high and yet it moves with the grace of a ballet dancer. But its come to human space not to dance but to experiment on the human race by pulling it apart...

A Suspect Quartet is the fourth book in The Suspect Speaker Series. It has four novelettes (well, three longer short stories and one novelette) about people with aphasia. The stories are gritty, tragic,...

As the world falls apart around them, piece by piece, Abigail Fuller spends humanity's final days looking after her husband David.But that's not true, not really. Abigail isn't David's wife. She's not...

She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder.After twenty-four years on the throne, it is time for Bersun the Brusque, emperor of Orrun, to bring his reign...

Clara Evans doesn't believe in fate—especially not the kind that involves shadowy men with secrets, late-night rescues, or smoldering gazes that feel more like a dare than a compliment. As a sharp, no-nonsense...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...