The God Game
by Danny Tobey
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Pub Date 9 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 9 Jan 2020
Orion Publishing Group | Gollancz
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Description
'Tobey brilliantly captures the immersive, claustrophobic atmosphere of the malign game and its addictive allure . . . Slick, pared-down prose and short chapters propel the reader towards a disturbing climax' Guardian
'Smart, propulsive and gripping' Harlan Coben, #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author
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Charlie and his friends have entered the God Game.
Tasks are delivered through their phone-screens and high-tech glasses. When they accomplish a mission, the game rewards them. Charlie's money problems could be over. Vanhi can erase the one bad grade on her college application. It's all harmless fun at first.
Then the threatening messages start.
Worship me. Obey me.
Mysterious packages show up at their homes. Shadowy figures start following them.
Who else is playing this game, and how far will they go to win?
As Charlie looks for a way out, he finds God is always watching. Only He will say when the game is done.
And if you die in the game, you die for real.
'Terrifying' Daily Mail
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781473224476 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 496 |
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Featured Reviews
Zainab S, Reviewer
In all honesty, I requested this book mainly because the blurb said that it’s a lot like Stranger Things and they were right!
I wouldn’t call it a complete ‘fantasy’ but there’s some aspects of fantasy in it.
There’s a group of five friends each dealing with their own problems when two of them (Charlie and Peter) discover this “God Game’. At first they don’t think much about it, they think it’s just someone messing with them behind the screen but then it starts sending them messages which are very secretive and very personal.
Things get intense and it starts making them do these dark and different tasks and are forced to do all these things because they are kind of threatened to be killed if they stop playing the game.
In all of this mess, the group falls apart, they start questioning each other and things get very dark.
This was quite a thrilling book, It’s fast paced and it’s a bit of a mix of a lot of movies and books so I think a lot of people will enjoy this.
Many thanks to the publisher for providing me an ARC of this book.
nick w, Reviewer
Religion, a paradox; God a chat-bot.
A new take on what I have seen on page and tape several times before.
Despite that, I found this rather enjoyable to read. It is aimed more at a YA audience than my older age.
Take one group of social outcasts, put them in situations that they would never normally find themselves in. Add an AI god that appears to have put even the worst megalomaniacs to shame.
Do, as the GOD sees fit, and be rewarded. Go against its wishes, and be prepared for the consequences.
Fairly well paced, with a few unexpected bits thrown in to boot.
Well worth a read if your 15 - 20ish
Rated: 4.2 / 5.0
Status: Completed
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