num_pages: 206
description: The most popular game among the many peoples of Kregen world of Antares is one that resembles chess called Jikaida. Jikaida is a battle of wits and war game pieces that suited well the tension charged atmosphere that enveloped Dray Prescot. For reconquering Vallia was assuming the aspect of such a game--move versus countermove horde against horde! Then Dray Prescot found himself no longer in control of just a game--he had become a living chessman on a real-life board at the dreaded arena of Jikaida City. There every move was accompanied by bloodshed and behind every game might hang the fate of a city an island or even a nation!
language: English
title: A Sword for Kregen (Jikaida Cycle, #2)
publisher: DAW Books