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After her sister was taken away to the Irish Otherworld by its faerie High King, Midir, Shea Fury has spent the past six years training to enter Midir’s centennial chess tournament, where the victor gets the granting of one wish. When Shea finally receives an invite, it looks like her dream of getting her sister back might come true. 

Despite the warnings of Midir’s sister—and Shea’s rival—Ciara, the beautiful and beguiling “enfant terrible of chess,” Shea accepts and crosses the Iron Veil between worlds, unknowingly launching herself into a perilous situation where her life is on the line. In this chess tournament where rule breakers can burst bloodily into silver branches and unknown foes lurk everywhere in the shadows, Shea ends up with no other choice but to work with Ciara.

Immortal Game is replete with lush prose, engaging characters and thrilling matches that make Allison Saft’s heady take on faerie lore memorable. Lyrical descriptions give Shea’s journey through the Otherworld—as well as her captivating rivals-to-lovers romance with Ciara—a truly enchanting aura. Readers will be swept away by this unique fantasy.