Claire North

Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. 'I nearly missed you, Doctor August,' she says. 'I need to send a message.' This is the story of what Harry...

At the end of the day, Death visits everyone. Right before that, Charlie does. You might meet him in a hospital, in a warzone, or at the scene of a traffic accident. Then again, you might meet him at the North Pole - he gets everywhere, our Charlie. Would you shake him by the hand, take the gift he offers, or would you pay no attention to the words he says?

"Everyone has heard of the Gameshouse. But few know all its secrets. It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost through chess, backgammon--every game under the sun. But those whom fortune favors may be invited to compete in the higher league, where the games played are of politics and nations, of economics and kings. It is a contest where capture the castle involves real castles and where hide-and seek takes place on the scale of a continent....

Hace diecisiete años, el rey Ulises navegó a la guerra con Troya, llevando consigo a todos los hombres en edad de luchar de la isla de Ítaca. Ninguno de ellos ha regresado, y las mujeres de Ítaca son quienes deben dirigir el reino. Penélope era apenas una mujer adulta cuando se casó con Ulises. Mientras él estuviera vivo, estaría a salvo. Pero ahora, años después, aumentan las especulaciones de que su marido está muerto y los pretendientes...

"Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is...

On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace-a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's sands....

"South Africa, 1884. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by the white colonists. As the child dies, his mother curses William. William begins to understand what the curse means when the shadow of the dead boy starts following him across the world. It never stops, never rests. It can cross oceans and mountains. And if it catches him, the person he loves most in the world will die."--Amazon....

En Ítaca, la reina Penélope sostiene un delicado equilibrio de poder. Su esposo Ulises navegó rumbo a la guerra de Troya hace muchos años y aún no ha regresado. Penélope utiliza toda su astucia para mantener la paz en su ausencia, una paz que puede hacerse añicos con la llegada de Orestes, rey de Micenas, y su hermana Electra. Las manos de Orestes están manchadas con la sangre de su madre, a quien asesinó. Ahora, atormentado por la culpa,...

New York, Gegenwart: Silver ist einer der besten Spieler der Welt. Nun will er es mit der Spielmeisterin aufnehmen, der Herrin des Spielhauses. Dieses ultimative Duell wird auf dem gesamten Globus ausgetragen. Silver riskiert nicht weniger als seine Seele - doch das Spiel wird auch das Antlitz der Welt verändern - Der Spielhaus-Zyklus: Das Spielhaus existiert jenseits von Raum und Zeit. Eingeweihte spielen hier um die wirklich interessanten Gewinne:...

Bangkok 1938: Nach einer durchzechten Nacht wacht der legendäre Spieler Remy Birke auf und erinnert sich nur vage an das Versteckspiel, auf das er sich eingelassen hat. Das Spielfeld: ganz Thailand. Der Einsatz: all seine Erinnerungen. Eine atemlose Jagd beginnt! Der Spielhaus-Zyklus: Das Spielhaus existiert jenseits von Raum und Zeit. Eingeweihte spielen hier um die wirklich interessanten Gewinne: die Macht über ganze Reiche, Einfluss, sogar Lebensjahre....