Ironbound

A high-stakes YA fantasy about a deadly game run by the gods and the teenage girl who vows to bring it down from the inside, from 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 created as a punishment for humans’ long-ago uprising against the gods.

Four years ago, Kyvelie Haneas survived her city’s Riddles—barely—with the use of powerful and illicit magic. Ever since, she’s kept her distance from the games. Until the teenaged god of lies approaches her with an impossible choice: either admit she cheated and face imprisonment, or become his new Gamemaster, responsible for creating and overseeing the Riddles.

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