| The Prize in the Game | |
| Author: | Jo Walton |
| Cover Artist: | Jean Pierre Targete |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Publisher: | Tor Books |
| Pub Date: | December 2002 (1st edition) |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages: | 256 (hardcover, 1st edition) |
| Isbn: | 0-7653-0263-2 |
| Isbn Note: | (hardcover, 1st edition) |
| Dewey: | 823/.92 21 |
| Congress: | PR6073.A448 P75 2002 |
| Oclc: | 49873356 |
| Followed By: | The King's Peace |
The Prize in the Game is a fantasy novel by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published by Tor Books in December 2002. The novel is a prequel to Walton's first two novels, The King's Peace (2000) and The King's Name (2001); its main characters appear as minor or off-stage characters in those books. The story was loosely inspired by the Táin Bó Cúailnge.[1]