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Series: Sulien
Volume: 3
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0765346702
Pages: 352 pages
Publisher: TOR
Reader Rating: Not rated

The Prize in the Game by Jo Walton

Description: In the Ireland of Walton's alternate world, four young peoples' lives are torn apart and their homelands threatened with fratricidal destruction after a goddess is accidentally offended. As Walton develops her alternate Celts, however, what with their convoluted politics and quick tempers, it sometimes seems that the miffed deity is superfluous. The feuds of local potentates are quite capable of generating all the havoc any novel could need to keep readers turning pages. As with previous Walton novels, readers will indeed do just that, especially the intelligent sort of Celtophiles who respect authors with something under their Celts. Moreover, it seems likely that this book will have at least one sequel, for the number of corpses left unavenged by the last page provide all the motivation the rest of the characters need to keep their swords sharp and employed for a good long while. A readable sidebar to Walton's Arthurian variations, The King's Peace (2000) and The King's Name (2001).