Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.™ Lose, you die! The Game plays you."Smart, propulsive and gripping, The God Game is an ambitious thriller and a terrifying examination of what could - and probably already is - happening in the world of artificial intelligence." (Harlan Coben, number one New York Times best-selling author of Run Away )īut remember the rules. And losing the game means losing their lives. "God" threatens to expose their secrets if they attempt to quit the game. Hooded and masked thugs are stalking and attacking them. But everything they do is being recorded. And the Vindicators' behavior becomes more selfish and self-destructive as they compete against one another for prizes each believes will rescue them from their adolescent existence. Parents and teachers are exposed as hypocrites. High school tormentors get their comeuppance. The quests they undertake on behalf of "God" seem harmless at first, but soon the tasks have them questioning and sacrificing their own morality. Through their phone screens and high-tech glasses, Charlie and his friends see and interact with a fantasy world superimposed over reality. Created by dark-web coders and maintained by underground hackers, the video game is controlled by a mysterious artificial intelligence that believes it is God. They each receive an invitation to play The God Game. And Charlie, the leader they all depend on, is reeling from the death of his mother, consumed with reckless fury.
Insecure and temperamental, Alex is an outcast among the outcasts. Kenny's creativity is stifled by a religious home life. Vanhi is a punk bassist at odds with her heritage. Wealthy bad boy Peter makes and breaks rules. Targeted by bullies and pressured by parents, these geeks and gamers rule the computer lab at Turner High School. "Smart, propulsive and gripping, THE GOD GAME 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 New York Times bestselling author of Run AwayĪ technological thriller with an all-too-believable premise, award-winning author Danny Tobey's The God Game follows five teenagers obsessed with an online video game that connects them to their worst impulses and most dangerous desires.
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