{"product_id":"games-gods-play-the","title":"Games Gods Play, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dazzling new fantasy series from award-winning author Abigail Owen. \u003cem\u003eA Court of Thorns and Roses\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003ePercy Jackson\u003c\/em\u003e in an alternate contemporary world where the gods of mythology never died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiving as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won't notice me. Not an easy feat, given San Francisco is Zeus's patron city, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003edifferent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003egod.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eworst\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003egod. Hades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time ever, the ruthless, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible-the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus. But instead of fighting their own battles, the gods name\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emortals\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eto compete in their stead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo why in the Underworld did Hades choose me-a sarcastic nobody with a curse on her shoulders-as his champion? And why does my heart trip every time he says I'm\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehis\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI don't know if I'm a pawn, bait, or something else entirely to this dangerously tempting god. How can I, when he has more secrets than stars in the sky?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause Hades is playing by his own rules...and Death will win at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43101208412194,"sku":"9781038933607","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/PET-Web-template--7.jpg?v=1726009117","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/games-gods-play-the","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}