The Great Game
The Great Game by Lavie Tidhar is a new edition published by Watkins Media Limited in October 2016, featuring 432 pages in English. This book presents a thrilling narrative where strange forces awaken globally amidst a shadowy world of espionage. The story follows Lucy Westerna, a protégé of Holmes, as she seeks the truth after liberating a potentially mythical alien object. Meanwhile, Harry Houdini confronts his most daunting challenge—escaping death itself. As their journeys intertwine, the stakes escalate, revealing a world fraught with danger.
Readers will encounter a blend of fantasy and science fiction elements, including airship battles, Frankenstein monsters, and alien tripods. The Great Game intricately weaves a tale of secrets and lies, set against a backdrop of high-stakes adventure. With its steampunk influences, the narrative explores themes of survival and the unknown, all while maintaining a fast-paced and engaging storyline. This edition invites readers into a richly imagined world where nothing is certain, not even death.
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Strange forces are stirring into life around the globe, and in the shadow game of spies nothing is certain. Fresh from liberating a strange alien object in Abyssinia – which might just be the mythical Ark of the Covenant -young Lucy Westerna, Holmes’ protégé, must follow her own path to the truth while, on the other side of the world, a young Harry Houdini must face his greatest feat of escape – death itself. As their paths converge the body count mounts up, the entire world is under threat, and in a foreboding castle in the mountains of Transylvania a mysterious old man weaves a spider’s web of secrets and lies. Airship battles, Frankenstein monsters, alien tripods and death-defying acts: The Great Game is a cranked-up steampunk thriller in which nothing is certain – not even death.
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