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Exiled back to Montverre, an ancient and elite academy hidden in the mountains where his fate hangs in the balance, Léo Martin, in the rarified world of learning he once loved, feels a strange connection to the new Magister as the legendary Midsummer Game approaches. "An intricate and utterly spellbinding literary epic brimming with enchantment, mystery, and dark secrets from the highly acclaimed author of the No.1 international bestseller The Binding....

Years ago, Earth and Titan fought a war and Earth lost. The planet was irradiated and most of the surviving population is sterile. The few survivors play an intricate and unending game called Bluff at the behest of the slug-like aliens who rule the planet. At stake in the game are two very important commodities: land and spouses. Pete Garden just lost his wife and Berkeley, California, but he has a plan to win them back. That is, if he isn't derailed...

Set in the 23rd century, "The glass bead game" is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellectual elite to grow and flourish. Since childhood, Knecht has been consumed with mastering the Glass Bead Game, which requires a synthesis of aesthetics and scientific arts, such as mathematics, music, logic, and philosophy, which he achieves in adulthood, becoming a Magister Ludi (Master...

"Si tu vida estuviera erigida sobre una mentira, ¿lo arriesgarías todo para desvelar la verdad? En Montverre, una antigua academia de élite oculta en las montañas, entrenan a los mejores y más brillantes miembros de la sociedad para alcanzar la excelencia en el «grand jeu», una competición arcana y misteriosa que combina música, arte, matemáticas, poesía y filosofía. Léo Martin destacaba en Montverre, pero perdió la pasión por las actividades...