Ironbound

A high-stakes YA fantasy about a deadly competition run by the gods and the teenage girl with metal-wielding magic who’s vowed to bring it down from the inside. Lightlark meets Strange the Dreamer with a sprinkling of Jennifer Lynn Barnes, written by the internationally bestselling author of Threads That Bind.

In the Eleven Cities, with the arrival of summer comes the threat of the Gods’ Riddles – a deadly competition that takes place inside an iron Cube, created as punishment for humans’ long-ago uprising against the gods.

Three years ago, Kyvelie Haneas survived her city’s Riddles with the use of powerful and illicit metal-wielding magic. Ever since, she’s kept her distance from the games. Until the handsome teenage god of lies approaches her with an impossible choice: either admit she cheated and face execution, or become his new Gamemaster, responsible for creating and overseeing this year’s Riddles.

Forced to accept the position, Kyvelie finds herself pulled into a game more dangerous than the one she won three years ago. Because Kyvelie has no plans of being a docile, obedient Gamemaster. She is going to rig the Riddles and ensure the survival of all eleven players. Then, she’s going to tear the system down. Gods and all.