{"product_id":"darkly","title":"Darkly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat would you kill for?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNight Film \u003c\/i\u003espins a twisted web in this masterful YA psychological thriller about the dark legacy of a notorious games designer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Pessl is gargantuan: wildly smart, extremely surprising, a wordsmith, a queen. Read her.\"  – E. Lockhart, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of We Were Liars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA seemingly ordinary high school student. A mysterious summer internship. And a legendary games designer, now dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen an ad for an internship with the Louisiana Veda Foundation appears, Arcadia ''Dia'' Gannon rushes to apply. Veda''s game-making empire, Darkly, was renowned for its ingenious and terrifying games back in the day and Dia is as obsessed with them as anyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe remaining games are priced like highly sought-after works of art, with the rarest and most notorious commanding tens of millions of dollars at auction. Now, Dia is thrust into the enigmatic heart of the operation. But who are these other interns? Why do they all seem to have something to hide? And why was she really chosen? It soon becomes clear that this summer will be the most twisted Darkly game of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR DARKLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Complex and captivating.\" Erin A. Craig,  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e House of Salt and Sorrows.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Creative and unique, this is a special treat for\u003cb\u003e readers who wish Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Inheritance Games had been set in the world of Jumanji.\" \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] \u003cb\u003ecrazy, funny, addictively suspenseful\u003c\/b\u003e story.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like a Darkly game, the whole is mesmerizing, improbable, deeply compelling, and \u003cb\u003ebest enjoyed after dark...\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003eRoll the die, flip the card: We have a winner\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eTwists and connections\u003c\/b\u003e are satisfying and surprising in this \u003cb\u003ehigh-stakes thriller\u003c\/b\u003e by Pessl, who takes familiar YA tropes and turns them on their head using confident prose.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Full of atmospheric thrills.\" \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pessl set forth with an ambitious concept, and the result is \u003cb\u003ethrilling, mysterious, and full of shocking twists\u003c\/b\u003e through the very last page.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57397905228158,"sku":"NW9781529529197","price":8.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529529197.jpg?v=1778602231","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/darkly","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}