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    The Serpent: Gameshouse Novella 1

    Written by Claire North

    Narrated by Peter Kenny

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    About this audiobook

    In 17th Century Venice exists a mysterious establishment known only as the Gameshouse.

    There, fortunes are made and fortunes are broken over games of chess, backgammon and every other game under the sun.

    But those whom fortune favours 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 a scale as big as the British Isles.

    Not everyone proves worthy of competing in the higher league. But one woman, who is about to play, may just exceed everyone's expectations.

    Though she must always remember: the higher the stakes, the more deadly the rules . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateNov 3, 2015
    ISBN9781478907947
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    • 4/5
      The Serpent is a lovely novella set among 17th century Venice and filled with an underlying mysticism.Thene is a young woman married to a drunken gambler. She mainly exists from one day to the next, trying to get by, until her husband drags her with him to the Gameshouse. The Gameshouse is a mysterious place, and there are two levels within it. The first level is ordinary games, but if you are invited to pass through the silver door, you will find games that use the world as their board and people as their playing pieces…The Serpent was beautifully written, although the writing style may not appeal to everyone. The author uses dashes instead of quotation marks for speech, and the narrator is an unknown observer or observers. In all, the narration style was highly innovative, and I liked it a great deal.I also loved the lead, Thene. She’s smart and determined, but I feel like there’s an underlying question of whether becoming a player for the Gameshouse will make her lose her humanity.The fantastical aspects of The Serpent mainly lie in the background. The Gameshouse is clearly a magical place, but the game itself takes place within the more mundane world of Venice, giving the book almost as much of a historical feel as a fantastical one.I really loved the writing of The Serpent and the concept of the Gameshouse. I’d like to read more in this world, and luckily there’s two more novellas! This novella series is off to a great start, and I would recommend it.Originally posted on The Illustrated Page.