The Prize in the Game
Matters are complicated when
Emer and Conal fall in love, and dream of escaping together from the
machinations of their respective families. But Conal and Ferdia are
rivals for the High Kingship of the island, and Conal cannot simply
leave. The contest between them will lead to a visionary quest on a
mountain sacred to the gods – and terrifying to men.
Yet Emer
faces an even greater struggle. For when war finally comes, Emer has
two choices: perform her duty to the homeland to which she owes
everything, or protect the one she loves and be branded a traitor
forever. The path she takes will become the stuff of legend, and
forever alter the destiny of Tir Isarnagiri.
Set in the world of Jo Walton's previous novels, The King's Peace and The King's Name,
this book takes us to a shining era of dark powers, legendary heroes
and passionate loves – all of them ruled by the hand of Fate.
Jo Walton
Jo Walton has published thirteen novels, most recently Necessity. A fourteenth, Poor Relations is due out early in 2018. She has also published three poetry collections and an essay collection. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002, the World Fantasy Award for Tooth and Claw in 2004, the Hugo and Nebula awards for Among Others in 2012, and in 2014 both the Tiptree Award for My Real Children and the Locus Non Fiction award for What Makes This Book So Great. She comes from Wales but lives in Montreal where the food and books are much better. She gets bored easily so she tends to write books that are different from each other. She also reads a lot, enjoys travel, talking about books, and eating great food. She plans to live to be ninety-nine and write a book every year. She takes writing biographies of herself terribly seriously at all times.
Tir Tanagiri
The King's Peace and The King's Name are alternate world retellings of the story of King Arthur, woven in with references to The Tain, which is retold in The Prize in the Game.
The events of The Prize in the Game occur during The King's Peace. It is readable alone or separately, before or after the duology.
Tir Tanagiri consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
