Endgame: The Calling

James Frey · Nils Johnson-Shelton

Oct 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this eBook

The New York Times bestseller and international multimedia phenomenon!

In each generation, for thousands of years, twelve Players have been ready. But they never thought Endgame would happen. Until now.

Omaha, Nebraska. Sarah Alopay stands at her graduation ceremony—class valedictorian, star athlete, a full life on the horizon. But when a meteor strikes the school, she survives. Because she is the Cahokian Player. Endgame has begun.

Juliaca, Peru. At the same moment, thousands of miles away, another meteor strikes. But Jago Tlaloc is safe. He has a secret, and his secret makes him brave. Strong. Certain. He is the Olmec Player. He's ready. Ready for Endgame.

Across the globe, twelve meteors slam into Earth. Cities burn. But Sarah and Jago and the ten others Players know the truth. The meteors carry a message. The Players have been summoned to The Calling. And now they must fight one another in order to survive. All but one will fail. But that one will save the world. This is Endgame.

Ratings and reviews

(1) Endgame - The Calling is cheap, pop-culture entertainment using sex and violence to sell. (2) The story is very simple - "Capture the flag using any means at your disposal". The writer glorifies the gore and violence and almost everyone (maybe except the Harrapan girl and Koori) are pyschopaths that enjoy killing and taking lives. (3) Only act of charity was the Harappan girl who helped a teenage mother (13 years old) deliver a baby on a bus. (4) Even though the story took place in "exotic locations" such as China, Turkey, Iraq etc - the environment had little meaning to the development of the story. (5) Don't bother trying to find any meaning, grand ideas or sense of wonder in the story. There is none. Its kill kill kill kill sex kill kill kill.

Hell yeah I'd like half a million in gold but if you've tried accessing the web pages in the back of the book you'll be sorely disappointed. They're not mobile or even tablet friendly even my laptop results in errors and yeah it runs chrome BTW. If you have any other browsers it just plain won't work. Considering Kepler is supposed to be an advanced race they've forgotten about backward compatibility when talking to the rest of us mere mortals. Endgame? Yeah right cause they make it impossible to play. Oh BTW the story isn't bad if you're into ancient aliens meddling with humans for gold. Sorry for whining but I guess I used to having less challenging circumstances - laptop improvement completed thus opening the door to other vistas - windows pun intended

The dystopia genre has always interested me. Plenty of room for one more tale of doom and gloom. I have enjoyed the writings of James Frey in the past. Having Nils Johnson-Shelton on board is also huge IMO, love his Otherworld Chronicles series. Beyond the book there will be so much more to explore and discover. I don't mean just the gold prize. I mean the whole transmedia experience across multiple channels. Niantic's involvement has me excited too.

About the author

James Frey is originally from Cleveland. All four of his books, A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard, Bright Shiny Morning, and The Final Testament of the Holy Bible, were international bestsellers.

Nils Johnson-Shelton is the coauthor of the international bestseller No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels. He is also the author of the Full Fathom Five series for tweens Otherworld Chronicles.