{"product_id":"2940169398090","title":"The God Game : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are invited!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome inside and play with GOD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBring your friends!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt¿s fun!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut remember the rules. Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.¿ Lose, you die!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith those words, Charlie and his friends enter the God Game, a video game run by underground hackers and controlled by a mysterious AI that believes it¿s God. Through their phone screens and high-tech glasses, the teens¿ realities blur with a virtual world of creeping vines, smoldering torches, runes, glyphs, gods, and mythical creatures. When they accomplish a mission, the game rewards them with expensive tech, revenge on high-school tormentors, and cash flowing from ATMs. Slaying a hydra and drawing a bloody pentagram as payment to a Greek god seem harmless at first. Fun even.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then, the threatening messages start. Worship me. Obey me. Complete a mission, however cruel, or the game reveals their secrets and crushes their dreams. Tasks that seemed harmless at first take on deadly consequences. Mysterious packages show up at their homes. Shadowy figures start following them, appearing around corners, attacking them in parking garages. Who else is playing this game, and how far will they go to win?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what of the game¿s first promise: Win, win big, lose, you die? Dying in a virtual world doesn¿t really mean death in real life amp;mdash; does it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Charlie and his friends try to find a way out of the game, they realize they¿ve been manipulated into a bigger web they can¿t escape: an AI that learned its cruelty from watching us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod is always watching, and he says when the game is done.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101967630576,"sku":"2940169398090","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169398090_p0.jpg?v=1763681425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169398090","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}