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Before they were Players... Before the Calling... They trained to be selected as the one to save their ancient bloodline - and win Endgame.
Follow the Twelve through sacrifices and betrayals, broken hearts and broken bones, as they shed their normal lives and transform into the Players they were meant to be.
They must train, learn, prepare. To Play, survive, and solve. To kill or be killed.
Endgame is real. Endgame is coming. And only one can win.

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"A unique dystopian adventure with anchors to the real world . . . set to become a cultural phenomenon." (ALA Booklist)

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James Frey, geboren 1969, studierte Kunst an der University of Chicago. Danach arbeitete er u.a. als Skateboard-Verkäufer, Berater in Jugendcamps, Hilfskellner und Türsteher. In Los Angeles schrieb er Drehbücher, war Regisseur und Filmproduzent. James Frey lebt heute mit seiner Familie in New York.

Nils Johnson-Shelton war im Unterschied zu Jay Dobyns nie ein Cop und kann nicht einmal Motorrad fahren.

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