The Silver Wheel Game 1: The Fall
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Description
There is a place between sleep and dreams where fortunes fly at the whims of the dice.
Where people from all walks of life can gamble for more than just money; they can wager their talents, their health, their family... so long as they own it, they can put it on the table for the chance to win the impossible.
Where unwitting guests can have their luck and their cunning tested in games where the winner takes all.
For time immemorial, the Silver Wheel Gambling House has run by these rules, giving people the opportunity to experience the greatest thrill or the deepest despair. But everything would change one fateful night, when the casino becomes host to an unusual — and diabolical — guest.
A guest who raises the stakes forever.
The first of a three-part series. You can read part twohere, and part threehere. Cover art provided by the talented and wonderfulnebai.
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- Status
- Completed
- Year
- 2019
- Author
- J Regan
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 5.0/ 5.0
- Followers
- 22
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- 5,576
Chapters(7 total)
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Community Reviews(1)
- SaiphRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0I suspect this author was inspired by the anime, Death Parade. If you've seen and like that show then you'll definitely love this story. It has a similar sort of setting and some slightly similar plots but also with a lot of changes too, and ones which I think suit the gambling scenario a lot better.
The writing is really well done. There are lots of nice details some of which contain hints at the twist in each chapter but they're so subtly interwoven that you can easily not pick up on the key hints first read through. The characters are all unique and the author is good at setting up a first impression and then turning the tables on your expectations but in a way that still lines up perfectly with previous character behaviour.
The description of the games I think would work better in visual media form than it does in writing form, but at the same time they weren't too too much, they do fit the scene, and I do appreciate not having to go read the rules elsewhere for the games I was less familiar with.
My absolute favourite part of this story is the attention that the author has given to the strategy that the players use in the games and how it all perfectly matches their characters and the details which we are given about it all.
There's a main plot that's building too and it's just as enjoyable as each of the chapter plots. I haven't read the two sequels yet but I am looking forward to it.