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Charlie and his friends enter the God Game, a video game run by underground hackers and controlled by a mysterious AI that believes it’s God. Through their phone screens and high-tech glasses, the teens’ realities blur with a virtual world of creeping vines, smoldering torches, runes, glyphs, gods, and mythical creatures. When they accomplish a mission, the game rewards them with expensive tech, revenge on high-school tormentors, and cash flowing from ATMs. Slaying a hydra and drawing a bloody pentagram as payment to a Greek god seem harmless at first. Fun even.

Jeremy Davis is the rising star of his first-year class. He’s got a plum job with the best professor on campus. He’s caught the eye of a dazzling Rhodes scholar named Daphne. But something dark is stirring behind the ivy. When a mysterious club promises success beyond his wildest dreams, Jeremy uncovers a macabre secret older than the university itself. In a race against time, Jeremy must stop an ancient ritual that will sacrifice the lives of those he loves most and blur the lines between good and evil.

Ein VR-Game wird für eine Gruppe von Freunden zum Albtraum - in der digitalen Welt ebenso wie in der Realität. "Wenn du gewinnst, werden all deine Träume wahr. Wenn du verlierst, bist du tot." Diese Botschaft erhält Charlie, als er sich für das Gottesspiel anmeldet, das angesagteste Virtual-Reality-Game der Welt. Es wird von einer Künstlichen Intelligenz kontrolliert, die Charlie und seinen Freunden immer neue Aufgaben auf ihre Smartphones und ihre VR-Brillen schickt.