{"product_id":"the-games-gods-play","title":"The Games Gods Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbigail Owen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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' patron city, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003edifferent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e god.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eworst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e god. Hades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emortals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to compete in their stead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause Hades is playing by his own rules…and Death will win at any cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raincoast","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49122532688158,"sku":"9781649376565","price":43.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/BNCImageAPI-2024-09-02T134400.477.jpg?v=1725299072","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/the-games-gods-play","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}