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Synopsis
"A masterly locked-room mystery set in a near-future Orwellian state. The year is 2037, and on the tiny island of Isola, seven people have been selected to compete in a forty-eight-hour test for a top-secret intelligence position with the totalitarian Union of Friendship. One of them is Anna Francis, a workaholic bureaucrat with a nine-year-old daughter she rarely sees and a secret that haunts her. Her assignment: to stage her own death and then to observe, from her hiding place inside the walls of the house, how the six other candidates react to the news that a murderer is among them. Who will take control? Who will crack under pressure? But then a storm rolls in, the power goes out, and the real game begins. Combining suspense, unexpected twists, psychological gamesmanship, and a sinister dystopian future, The Dying Game conjures a world in which one woman is forced to ask, "Can I save my life by staging my death?"--
Is The Dying Game appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A psychological thriller set in a dystopian 2037 with themes of surveillance, manipulation, and staged death. Features moderate tension and psychological games but no graphic violence or sexual content.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include murder, death, and abandonment (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be gripped by the claustrophobic tension and mind games as candidates compete in a deadly test of observation and survival.