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Epic

Conor Kostick

2005320 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2005
first published
  • 2008Firebird · 384 pages · ENGISBN 9780142411599
  • 2009Penguin USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781101175453
  • 2006The O'Brien Press Ltd. · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9781596873001
  • 2005O'Brien Press Ltd · 320 pagesISBN 9780862788773

Welcome to a society governed through computer games!On New Earth, society is governed and conflicts are resolved in the arena of a fantasy computer game, Epic. If you win, you have the chance to fulfill your dreams; if you lose, your life both in and out of the game is worth nothing. When teenage Erik dares to subvert the rules of Epic, he and his friends must face the Committee. If Erik and his friends win, they may have the key to destroying the Committee's tyranny. But if they lose . . .

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