{"product_id":"the-games-gods-play-crucible-01","title":"The Games Gods Play (Crucible #01)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe gods love to play with us mere mortals, and every hundred years, we let them. \u003c\/em\u003e\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’ patron city, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a different god.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe worst god. 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 mortals to 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 his?\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\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story continues in \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Get THE THINGS GODS BREAK at MPHOnline.com\" href=\"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-things-gods-break-crucible-02\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Things Gods Break\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Tower Books UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173483659421,"sku":"9781911750543","price":97.5,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781911750543.webp?v=1759978101","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-games-gods-play-crucible-01","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}