The gods are dead. All that's left are the Players . . . The performers of the Playhouse are
as worshipped as they are feared their enchanting shows bending hearts minds and even
reality itself. Vicious godlike lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers
better than anyone after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly
killing her. When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime - a chance for one
mortal to steal a Player's immortality - Riven sees her last chance to live. Desperate for
answers she infiltrates the competition. There she finds Jude the Playhouse's brilliant
merciless Lead Player whose charm is as dangerous as his Craft and strikes a deadly bargain
to save her life. But with time running out and the Playhouse's secrets unraveling into a
disturbing picture Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story
after all. In fact she may be the villain. Because the Playhouse doesn't just tell stories.
It rewrites them. And Riven's might end in blood. Caraval meets One Dark Window in this lush
and dark fantasy.
