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Title

Gameboard of the gods : [a novel] / Richelle Mead.

Author

Mead, Richelle.

Publication

New York : Dutton, [2013]

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Details

Description

448 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Richelle Mead, the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines YA series--whose books have sold more than one million copies in hardcover--debuts on the Dutton list with Gameboard of the Gods, the first novel in her Age of X series. In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military's most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills. When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board. Gameboard of the Gods, the first installment of Richelle Mead's Age of X series, will have all the elements that have made her YA Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters; romantic and mythological intrigue; and relentless action and suspense"--

Series Statement

Age of X

Subject

• Government investigators > Fiction
• Murder > Investigation > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Mystery fiction
• Occult fiction
• Detective and mystery stories, American.
• Paranormal fiction, American.
• Fantasy fiction.
• Fiction
• Paranormal fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction
• Detective and mystery stories, American
• Fantasy fiction
• Fiction.
• Detective and mystery fiction.
• Paranormal fiction.

Note

• Subtitle from book jacket.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Paperback -In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March is a former investigator of religious groups who was sent into exile after a failed job, a fate that has left the brilliant servitor bitter and free to indulge his addictive personality. Suddenly, Justin is sent home to the Republic of United North America with a peculiar assignment -- to solve a string of ritualistic murders steeped in seemingly unexplainable phenomena. Justin's unexpected return comes with an even bigger shock: his new partner and body guard is a praetorian, one of the elite and deadly super soldiers of the RUNA. Mae Koskinen's inexplicably perfect beauty and aristocratic upbringing pique Justin's avid curiosity -- and his desire -- though her true nature holds more danger than anyone realizes. As their investigation unfolds, Justin and Mae find themselves in the path of terrible danger. Mysterious enemies and powers greater than they can imagine have begun to assemble in the shadows, preparing to reclaim a world where humans are merely game pieces on their board. Gameboard of the Gods, the first novel of Richelle Mead's Age of X series, delivers all the elements that have made her bestselling Vampire Academy series a breakout success: sexy, irresistible characters; romantic and mythological intrigue; and breathless action and suspense.

ISBN

• 9780525953685 (hardback)
• 052595368X (hardback)

LCCN

^^2012050951

OCLC

• 814454968
• SCSB-12022028

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library