Ready Player One meets Heartstopper in this “fun fast and fabulous read” (M. K. England)
as a myth-loving video game player competing in a tournament with his gamer friends and
handsome crush discovers there isn' t a cheat code to life—or love. In the real world
Keegan Thomas is a gay eighteen-year-old mythology nerd with undiagnosed chronic pain. But in
the myth-inspired online video game world of Pantheonic he is the glorious and powerful
K.Odyssia slaying legions of enemies and completing quests for honor and glory along with his
team the Epic Hearts. Despite his closeness to his gamer friends--and the secret crush he has
on his teammate Alix--no one knows that he is struggling with the sudden onset of chronic pain
in his lower back and fears it will hinder his ability to move to NYU in the fall. When a
quest in Pantheonic turns out to be a secret invitation to an in-person tournament in New York
City Keegan has to battle his fears of concealing and managing his pain so that his team can
attend this once-in-a-lifetime event. Competing against six other teams members of the Epic
Hearts must work together to outwit and outplay the others to win the tournament and the hefty
cash prize. But can Keegan as K.Odyssia be one of the heroes that Pantheonic needs while he'
s laser-focused on his own epic battle? Will he be able to level up his relationship with Alix
and lead his team to victory? It' s time for the games to begin!
