The Player of Games
Book 2 of The Culture
Language: English
Action & Adventure Adventure Computer games English Science Fiction And Fantasy Fiction Fiction - Science Fiction General Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction - Adventure Science Fiction - Space Opera Science Fiction And Fantasy Space Opera
Publisher: Orbit
Published: Dec 1, 2009
Description:
The Culture — a human/machine symbiotic society — has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game. . . a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life — and very possibly his death.
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