A world created in a pocket of time to provide a ... Pool of Players
'There's still time. I assure you. Lots and lots of time. And you're going to get a chance to enjoy all of it.'
David is back in his own time, but all he can think about is his father still out there, in the parallels, and the girls here recruiting, sending other men through. He wants to stop this torture for his nation. He wants them all to have control back over their destiny and not keep being randomly pushed through into other times to chase some mad man.
But how can he do that? How can he get taken again? The Jester has already played the game with him. Then it occurs to him, through the girls!
Playing The Jester at his own game, David goes public, exposing the girls and telling everyone what he knows. But when he get his wish granted and returns to the parallels, he discovers something far more chilling: Not only does The Jester want to train him as his replacement, but, in a bizarre twist of time, it turns out there's a reason why David's the perfect candidate.
Pool of Players is the dark, sci-fi fantasy conclusion to The Game – the first in The Jester series – and gives a whole new meaning to time travel.