Gameboard of the Gods

Age of X series

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Published Nov. 14, 2013 by Penguin Group.

ISBN:
978-978-052-595-8
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4 stars (1 review)

In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military’s most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills.

When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board.

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reviewed Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead

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4 stars

This book took me a bit by surprise because I went in having zero expectations. A YA author who writes a bit romancey stuff, how did this end up on my reading list anyhow? But what can I say, I have a thing for Nordic ice queens, and Mae turned out to be an excellent one.

Worldbuilding was kinda cool. A pandemic (harhar, doesn't feel good right now) has caused The Decline, and there are few bastions of civilisation, the leader being the Republic of United North America. After the Decline, they based their republic on the Roman Republic, and so you have a senate, consuls, and the praetorian guard. Religion is forbidden though, and procreation heavily regimented.

Mae is a praetorian and gets the job to work with Dr. Justin March who has been exiled from RUNA for the forbidden beliefs that the supernatural actually exists. But he's supposed …