Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard, #2)

by Scott Lynch

“If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.” Chinese Proverb

“Gamblers play just as lovers make love and drunkards drink—blindly and of necessity, under domination of an irresistible force.” Jacques Anatole Thibault

So this is what a command is. Staring consequences in the eye and pretending not to flinch. “Jean,”