{"product_id":"book-dcq8","title":"The God Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Smart, propulsive and gripping, \u003ci\u003eTHE GOD GAME\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious thriller and a terrifying examination of what could--and probably already is--happening in the world of artificial intelligence.\"-Harlan Coben, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRun Away\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou are invited!\u003cbr\u003eCome inside and play with G.O.D.\u003cbr\u003eBring your friends!\u003cbr\u003eIt's fun!\u003cbr\u003eBut remember the rules. Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.™ Lose, you die!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith those words, Charlie and his friends enter the G.O.D. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then the threatening messages start. \u003ci\u003eWorship me. Obey me. \u003c\/i\u003eComplete 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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-does it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod is always watching, and He says when the game is done.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe God Game:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tension and turmoil add up to high stakes suspense and a plot that will make you wonder if all this stuff is real. Danny Tobey absolutely kicks butt and takes names in this gem of a thriller\"--Steve Berry, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eCotton Malone\u003c\/i\u003e series  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe God Game \u003c\/i\u003eis a dark, edgy thriller, populated by a vastly appealing cast of teenage underdogs. Danny Tobey has written an unusually smart and provocative novel, a book full of ideas and heart that feels both fantastical and all-too-real at the same time.\"--Tom Perrotta,\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Leftovers \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Little Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50147723772208,"sku":"BDdcq8","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dcq8-cover.jpg?v=1761359770","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dcq8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}