The Prize in the Game

The Prize in the Game

Tor Books hardcover
Author	Jo Walton
Cover artist	Jean Pierre Targete
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	December 2002 (1st edition)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	256 (hardcover, 1st edition)
ISBN	0-7653-0263-2 (hardcover, 1st edition)
OCLC	49873356
Dewey Decimal	823/.92 21
LC Class	PR6073.A448 P75 2002
Followed by	The King's Peace

The Prize in the Game is a fantasy novel by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published by Tor Books in December 2002. The novel is a prequel to Walton's first two novels, The King's Peace (2000) and The King's Name (2001); its main characters appear as minor or off-stage characters in those books. The story was loosely inspired by the Táin Bó Cúailnge . ^[1]

Notes

1. Walton, Jo (5 March 2001). "Message from discussion _Prize in the Game_, Walton: Review, Wibblings (long)". Newsgroup:  rec.arts.sf.written.

External links

• The King's Peace Page Index Walton's site via the Wayback Machine
• Full text of the novel (under CCL)

Reviews

• Cobb, Christopher (23 May 2003). "Strife Without Bitterness: Jo Walton's The Prize in the Game". Strange Horizons .
• Silver, Steven H (2003). "The SF Site Featured Review: The Prize in the Game". SF Site . Archived from the original on 18 April 2003.