Player of Games B

TheCulture-ahuman/machinesymbioticsociety-hasthrownupmanygreatGamePlayers,andoneofthegreatestisGurgeh.JernauMoratGurgeh.ThePlayerofGames.Masterofeveryboard,computerandstrategy.Boredwithsuccess,GurgehtravelstotheEmpireofAzad,cruelandincrediblywealthy,totrytheirfabulousgame...agamesocomplex,solikelifeitself,thatthewinnerbecomesemperor.Mocked,blackmailed,almostmurdered,Gurgehacceptsthegame,andwithitthechallengeofhislife-andverypossiblyhisdeath.