The games are over. Let chaos reign.

Calla Tuoleimi has done the impossible. Against all odds, she won San-Er's bloody games and eliminated King Kasa, her tyrant uncle and the former ruler of Talin. She now serves as royal advisor to August Shenzhi, who has risen to the throne.

Only Calla knows it isn't really August.

Anton Makusa is still furious about Calla's betrayal in the final round of the games. In an impossible feat, he took over August's body to survive,...

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD.

The first in a young adult dystopian trilogy from the author of These Violent Delights. While most of humanity lives "upcountry" in virtual reality during the cold war, an ousted corporate soldier framed for treason is on the hunt "downcountry" for a dangerous program - one that could clear her name and change the race to rule the world.