{"product_id":"the-games-gods-play","title":"The Games Gods Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe gods love to toy with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe worst god. Hades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause Hades is playing by his own rules…and Death will win at any cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Secret Garden Bookery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44484754243724,"sku":"sku-46277179080940","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/5501\/7100\/files\/thegamesgodsplay.jpg?v=1757692350","url":"https:\/\/kitchenandmetal.com\/products\/the-games-gods-play","provider":"Kitchen + Metal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}