{"product_id":"9781038947949","title":"The Games Gods Play","description":"Author: Abigail Owen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781038947949\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 528 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES, #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER, this dazzling romantasy epic from an award-winning author is \u003cem\u003eA Court of Thorns and Roses\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003ePercy Jackson\u003c\/em\u003e in an alternate contemporary world where the gods of mythology never died. For readers of Rebecca Yarros.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\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 \u003cem\u003edifferent \u003c\/em\u003egod.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eworst \u003c\/em\u003egod. 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 \u003cem\u003emortals \u003c\/em\u003eto 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 \u003cem\u003ehis\u003c\/em\u003e?\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":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46544542531742,"sku":"HPC-9781038947949","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781038947949.jpg?v=1771649151","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781038947949","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}