'A perfect mix of scares, evil and subtle horror' Thrilling Stories Retired gambler Tadeus Boch has just come into possession of a mysterious playing card, apparently from a very rare eighteenth-century deck. He immediately becomes obsessed with tracking down the entire set of cards, rumoured to be the one pack in the world for the legendary game
Superieur . . . and said to be created by the Devil himself.
But Boch is not the only person searching for the missing cards. And the more he learns about the game, the more dangerous the chase becomes.
It's not long before Boch realises he's playing for the highest stakes he's ever wagered: nothing less than his own life.
About the Author
Markus Heitz trained to be a teacher after studying history and German literature, then going on to an MA in History. He spent several years as a journalist, writing in his free time, before the runaway success of
The Dwarves allowed him to give up the day job. His debut epic fantasy novel,
Schatten A ber Ulldart (Shadows over Ulldart) was the first of many of his books to win the Deutscher Phantastik Preis (Germany's premier literary award for fantasy) in 2003. Since then he has frequently topped the bestseller charts, and his Number One bestselling
Dwarves and
Aelfar series have earned him a place among Germany's most successful fantasy authors.
The DOORS series, where each book follows the adventurers as they choose a different door, have earned him a whole new audience as he plays with fantasy, thriller and mystery tropes to keep the reader always interested.
He currently lives in Saarland, in Germany.
Industry Reviews
A
complex thriller about the
bloody history of the card game - PLAYBOY on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
A
finely balanced mixture of sophisticated horror elements,
historical references and
fast-paced action scenes . . . until the
spectacular showdown [...] Markus Heitz whips his readers through
a disturbing adventure - KOLNER STADT-ANZEIGER on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
A
perfect mix of scary, evil and
subtle horror - THRILLING BOOKS on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
Gripping, eerie, mysterious and fantastic. The plot is
consistently exciting, there are
thriller elements as well as
well-placed horror elements - it is
impossible to put the book down - NICOLE'S BOOK WORLD on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
A
fast-paced thriller, entangled with all the rules of the art, with
immense tension, action and chases all over the world - WORLD TRAVELLER on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
Nerve-racking tension and
skilful twists and turns captivated me to the last page
- LINES BOOK BLOG on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
The plot about the retired player Tadeus Boch . . . is
peppered with macabre details and offers both
exciting and enjoyable reading - SONIC SEDUCER on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
Heitz goes on
paths beyond high fantasy, and he does it
really well - C WEBB on THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK
