The Game of Love and Death

""The Game of Love and Death" is a unique love story, and yet, it is also the love story of "all" humans through time. Martha Brockenbrough is a compassionate observer of many worlds -- airfields, jazz clubs, baseball diamonds, newspapers, and Hoovervilles to name a few -- and the beautiful, doomed human types that dwell in them. This is an exceptional novel." -- Gabrielle Zevin, author of "Elsewhere" and "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac" "Strikingly original, richly atmospheric, and impossible to put down, I read this book with my heart in my throat, desperately rooting for Henry and Flora's fated true love over those master manipulators, Love and Death." -- Judy Blundell, author of National Book Award winner "What I Saw and How I Lied" "Smart, haunting, and entrancingly magical, Martha Brockenbrough's "The Game of Love and Death" is anything but a simple game. In this sweeping and fabulous tale, Brockenbrough creates a vivid world wherein Love and Death come to life with an intent and force of character that is truly unforgettable." -- Ruth Ozeki, bestselling author of "A Tale for the Time Being" "Marvelously original, engrossing, and deeply humane. It's the kind of book you never forget." -- Nancy Werlin, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Impossible" ""The Game of Love and Death" is an exquisitely nuanced novel that plunges readers into an inescapable ache of forbidden longing. Before you enter this game, be forewarned. Martha Brockenbrough has brilliantly crafted a contest that punctures our perceptions, and forces us to question the rules of evil and benevolence. A beautifully rendered achievement." -- Andrea Davis Pinkney, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Red Pencil" ""The Game of Love and Death" weaves a complex tapestry of love and longing, destiny and hope. Daringly conceived and brilliantly executed, it is not only an intimately human story, but one that encompasses the very nature of love and death. Rich, wise, and deeply satisfying -- the story will linger in your heart long after you've turned the final page." -- Robin LaFevers, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Grave Mercy" and "Dark Triumph"