The Dying Game A Novel
The Dying Game A Novel by Asa Avdic is a first edition published by Penguin in 2017, featuring 278 pages in English. Set in a near-future Orwellian state, the narrative unfolds on the isolated island of Isola, where seven individuals are chosen to participate in a high-stakes competition for a secret intelligence position. The story centers on Anna Francis, a bureaucrat with a troubled past, who must stage her own death and observe the reactions of her fellow candidates as they grapple with the revelation that a murderer is among them.
Readers will encounter a masterfully crafted locked-room mystery that combines elements of suspense and psychological intrigue. As the competition intensifies, unexpected twists emerge, revealing the characters’ true natures under pressure. The dystopian backdrop amplifies the tension, forcing Anna to confront her own survival in a world where trust is scarce and danger lurks in every corner. This novel explores themes of competition, deception, and the lengths one might go to in order to survive.
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A masterly locked-room mystery set in a near-future Orwellian state–for fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Dave Eggers’ The Circle, and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games
Do you live to play? Or play to live?
The year is 2037. The Soviet Union never fell, and much of Europe has been consolidated under the totalitarian Union of Friendship. 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. 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?”
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