{"product_id":"the-games-gods-play","title":"The Games Gods Play","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES, #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER, this dazzling romantasy epic from an award-winning author is A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Percy Jackson in an alternate contemporary world where the gods of mythology never died. For readers of Rebecca Yarros.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus.\u003c\/p\u003e\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 different god.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe worst god. Hades.\u003c\/p\u003e\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 mortals to compete in their stead.\u003c\/p\u003e\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 his?\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eBecause Hades is playing by his own rules...and Death will win at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"XO Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53473282720109,"sku":"9781038947949","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0977\/7079\/9469\/files\/9781038947949.jpg?v=1782102737","url":"https:\/\/xobookco.nz\/products\/the-games-gods-play","provider":"XO Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}