About the book: 2017 / The chapter of "The League of Cautious Gentlemen", Channing Deveril, meets his love - Alina Marlys, Countess de Charente. She, like Channing, turns into a gambling and skillful gambler when it comes to love politics, and becomes the ideal opponent for Mr. Deveril. Both like the game, but they soon realize that they do not want to be competitors, and perhaps the game has gone too far, and a lot has changed in the relationship between them. Love reveals secrets, forcing them to reveal to each other the secrets hidden by the game.