The Calling by James Frey

The Calling by James Frey

Twelve thousand years ago, they cameThey descended from the sky amid smoke and fire, and created humanity and gave us rules to live byThey needed gold and they built our earliest civilizations to mine it for themWhen they had what they needed, they leftBut before they left, they told us someday they would come back, and when they did, a game would be playedA game that would determine our future

This is Endgame

For ten thousand years the lines have existed in secretThe 12 original lines of humanityEach had to have a Player prepared at all timesThey have trained generation after generation after generationIn weapons, languages, history, tactics, disguise, assassinationTogether the Players are everything: strong, kind, ruthless, loyal, smart, stupid, ugly, lustful, mean, fickle, beautiful, calculating, lazy, exuberant, weakThey are good and evilLike youLike all

This is Endgame

When the game starts, the Players will have to find three keysThe keys are somewhere on EarthThe only rule of their Endgame is that there are no rulesWhoever finds the keys first wins the gameEndgame: The Calling is about the hunt for the first keyAnd just as it tells the story of the hunt for a hidden key, written into the book is a puzzleIt invites readers to play their own Endgame and to try to solve the puzzleWhoever does will open a case filled with goldAlongside the puzzle will be a revolutionary mobile game built by Google's Niantic Labs that will allow you to play a real-world version of Endgame where you can join one of the lines and do battle with people around you

Will exuberance beat strength? Stupidity top kindness? Laziness thwart beauty? Will the winner be good or evil? There is only one way to find out

Play
Survive
Solve
People of Earth
Endgame has begun

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