The Game of Death is a fantasy story in which time constantly moves from the present to the past. The book is narrated from the point of view of one person. The work tells the story of an anesthesiologist who awakens from a coma. Returning to everyday life, he discovers that the people he met in his dreams while in a coma are real. Moreover, they experienced similar phenomena during the coma. The hero's need to find out the truth leads him to frightening consequences. Throughout history, significant changes are observed in the hero. The work raises philosophical questions that attract the reader and make him think. The short chapters in the book, at first glance, may not seem entirely connected to each other, but after a while the reader realizes this connection and the course of the whole story.