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.
