If you find yourself thrilled by the blend of high-stakes competition with a touch of dark humor set in a possible future, "MetaGame" might just be your next page-turner. The book's vision of society gamified to the extremes could resonate with you if you're into immersive world-building and morally complex characters. Consider how D_Light's journey might challenge your perceptions of right and wrong in a world where life is a literal game.

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Speculative science fiction at its finest, MetaGame by Sam Landstrom is a ‘future gamers’ field guide and a philosophical cyberpunk adventure. In this original and disturbingly irreverent prospective world, gaming is more than a diversion―and gamers are, literally, in it for life. The OverSoul, an enigmatic, unifying force, offers winners points that add up to currency. Reigning champs are given the gift of immortality―while losers are condemned to aging and death. D_Light is one of the best players in his Family and will do anything to win, even if it means committing murder. When he’s invited to a MetaGame―an exclusive, high-stakes competition―he jumps at the chance. But after the first quest, D_Light’s overly ambitious ways brand him a renegade. With a warped sense of freewill that is needed to prevail, D_Light must either kill someone he’s grown to love―or lose everything.

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