THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This story is my latest obsession.” — USA Today bestselling author Devney Perry The gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years we let them… I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it thanks to Zeus. Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won't notice me. Not an easy feat given San Francisco is Zeus' patron city but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a different god. The worst god. Hades. For the first time ever the ruthless mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible—the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus. But instead of fighting their own battles the gods name mortals to compete in their stead