Smart propulsive and gripping THE GOD GAME is an ambitious thriller and a terrifying
examination of what could--and probably already is--happening in the world of artificial
intelligence.-Harlan Coben #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run AwayA technological
thriller with an all-too-believable premise award-winning author Danny Tobey's The God Game
follows five teenagers obsessed with an online video game that connects them to their worst
impulses and most dangerous desires.They call themselves the Vindicators. Targeted by bullies
and pressured by parents these geeks and gamers rule the computer lab at Turner High School.
Wealthy bad boy Peter makes and breaks rules. Vanhi is a punk bassist at odds with her
heritage. Kenny's creativity is stifled by a religious home life. Insecure and temperamental
Alex is an outcast among the outcasts. And Charlie the leader they all depend on is reeling
from the death of his mother consumed with reckless fury.They each receive an invitation to
play The God Game. Created by dark-web coders and maintained by underground hackers the video
game is controlled by a mysterious artificial intelligence that believes it is God. Obey the
almighty A.I. and be rewarded. Defiance is punished. Through their phone screens and high-tech
glasses Charlie and his friends see and interact with a fantasy world superimposed over
reality. The quests they undertake on behalf of God seem harmless at first but soon the tasks
have them questioning and sacrificing their own morality.High school tormentors get their
comeuppance. Parents and teachers are exposed as hypocrites. And the Vindicators' behavior
becomes more selfish and self-destructive as they compete against one another for prizes each
believes will rescue them from their adolescent existence. But everything they do is being
recorded. Hooded and masked thugs are stalking and attacking them. God threatens to expose
their secrets if they attempt to quit the game. And losing the game means losing their
lives.You don't play the Game. The Game plays you....
