Present Tense

As WWI rages on, two immortal enemies engage in a war between alternate worlds in book two of this epic fantasy series. In the midst of the horror of the First World War, a stranger falls from nowhere into the mud and death of Flanders battlefield—bruised, babbling, and stark naked . . . with a remarkable story to tell. The Great Game—the timeless diversion of human gods, a ruthless contest of treachery, magic, betrayal, and manipulation, created to relieve the tedium of immortality—goes on. Present Tense, Round Two of The Great Game "Dave Duncan writes one excellent book after another."--Locus In the midst of the horror of the First World War, a stranger falls from nowhere into the mud and death of Flanders battlefield--bruised, babbling, and stark naked ... with a remarkable story to tell. The Great Game, the timeless diversion of human gods, a ruthless contest of treachery, magic, betrayal and manipulation, created to relieve the tedium of immortality goes on Title Page; Contents; Vale West; Vale East; I. Pawn en Passant; 1; 2; II. White Knight; 3; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; III. Illegal Move; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; IV. Queen's Gambit; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; V. Pawn Takes Castle; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; VI. Pawn Promoted; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; VII. Revealed Check; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; VIII. Endgame; 47; 48; 49; 50; 51; 52; 53; 54; 55; Appendix: The Moons; Copyright