{"product_id":"the-games-gods-play-the-crucible-book-1-abigail-owen","title":"The Games Gods Play - The Crucible Book 1 - Abigail Owen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES, #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER, this dazzling romantasy epic from an award-winning author is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Court of Thorns and Roses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e meets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePercy Jackson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in an alternate contemporary world where the gods of mythology never died. For readers of Rebecca Yarros.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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's patron city, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003edifferent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egod.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eworst\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egod. Hades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emortals\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto compete in their stead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause Hades is playing by his own rules...and Death will win at any cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51869761896749,"sku":null,"price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/9606\/6093\/files\/thegamesgodsplay.jpg?v=1772406759","url":"https:\/\/thebookvaultbeaudesert.myshopify.com\/products\/the-games-gods-play-the-crucible-book-1-abigail-owen","provider":"The Book Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}