The Devil's Game (novel)

First edition (publ. Pocket Books)
Cover art by Carlos Ochagavia

The Devil's Game is a novel by Poul Anderson published in 1980.

Plot summary

The Devil's Game is a novel in which seven people are brought together to play a high stakes game.

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed The Devil's Game in Ares Magazine #6 and commented that "Anderson certainly has not let himself stagnate; indeed, his metamorphosis is all the more striking in a writer of settled style. It is to be devoutly desired that The Devil's Game receives the attention it deserves from the mainstream audience."

Reviews

• Review by Tom Easton (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 30, 1981
• Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1981) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1981
• Review by Keith Soltys (1986) in Fantasy Review, January 1986