Erebos ─ It's a Game, It Watches You

An intelligent computer game with a disturbing agenda.

When 16-year-old Nick gets a package, he wonders if it will explain the behavior of his classmates, who have been secretive lately. The package contains the mysterious computer game Erebos. Players must obey strict rules: always play alone, never talk about the game, and never tell anyone your nickname.

Curious, Nick joins the game and quickly becomes addicted. But Erebos knows a lot about the players and begins to manipulate their lives. When it sends Nick on a deadly assignment, he refuses and is banished from the game.

Now unable to play, Nick turns to a friend for help in finding out who controls the game. The two set off on a dangerous mission in which the border between reality and the virtual world begins to blur.

This utterly convincing and suspenseful thriller originated in Germany where it has become a runaway bestseller.

International praise for Erebos:

Like the game in the story, this book pulls the reader under its spell and doesn't let go until the puzzle is solved.
-- Buchkultur

This year's summer thriller!
-- Die Zeit

This captivating book for young people about the danger of virtual worlds is impossible to put down.
-- Brigitte Magazine

A masterful, riveting thriller.
-- Neue Zurcher Zeitung

A super-suspenseful book full of insight about the fascination that computer games hold.
-- Literature.de

An unbelievably good book.
-- Freizeitmagazin Weinheimer Nachrichten

Plunges the reader into a fantasy world in the same way that Nick is drawn into his game.
-- Eselsohr

This thriller is a tour de force.
-- Kriminforum.de

Ursula Poznanski is an award-winning children's author. She lives in Vienna, Austria.