Endgame: The Calling

Endgame: The Calling
Author James Frey
Nils Johnson-Shelton
Country United States
Language English
Series Endgame trilogy
Genre Young adult novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
7 October 2014
Media type Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book
Pages 465 pp. (first edition, hardback)[1]
ISBN 978-0-06-233258-5
OCLC 868644151
LC Class PZ7.F8925 En 2014[1]
Followed by Endgame: Sky Key

Endgame: The Calling is a 2014 science fiction young adult novel written by American authors James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton. It is the first novel in the Endgame trilogy.

Plot

12 ancient bloodlines were chosen by extraterrestrials long ago. They have been training since then while waiting for the sign of the "endgame", at which point one survivor will need to recover 3 keys and thus decide humankind's fate. The Endgame means the earth's end for a new beginning. Humans have gotten selfish and forgotten their true ways so the "Sky-people" have decided, it is time to end the world and begin anew.

"We are the players, your players. We have to play. We must be older than 13 and Younger than 20. It is the rule."[2]

Characters

Story telling

The parallel universe of Endgame: The Calling has several facets using the transmediation or transmedia storytelling style.

There is a live actress 6 days a week. Her job will be to propel the pre-story line via the webpage ancientsocieties.com and other social media. The readers and players who interact with her will become part of the story line and worked in to the books or the lore of the Endgame: The Calling universe.[3]

Endgame: The Calling comes with a puzzle and a game tying in social media with it via webpage. The first reader to solve the book's puzzle wins an actual treasure worth $500,000 worth of gold coins.[3][4]

Each novel of the trilogy is accompanied by a large prize. The first prize is $500,000 in gold stored at the Caesar's Palace in Vegas.[5][6]

Each novel after the first will be worth an additional $500,000 dollars. The second book 1 million and the third book 1.5 million.[7]

The augmented reality game came out in 2015. "Read the book, solve the puzzles and win the prize".[8]

Sequel

A sequel novel titled Endgame: Sky Key was published on October 5, 2015.

Film adaptation

20th Century Fox is currently working in the development of the film based on the novel. It will be produced by Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Endgame : the calling" (first edition). LC Online Catalog. Library of Congress (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  2. "Google and James Frey will turn 'Endgame' novels into an augmented reality world". The Verge. January 15, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Ingraham, Nathan. "Welcome to endgame". The Verge. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  4. Rosenblatt, Seth. "Google's Niantic follows Ingress with Endgame". cnet.com. CNET. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. Leach, Robin. "Strip Scribbles: $500K in gold at Caesars for James Frey's 'Endgame'". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. Trotter, Emma. "Gold Display Highlights "ENDGAME"". Caesar Palace. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  7. Wolfe, Alexandra. "James Frey Hasn't Given Up on Writing". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. 1 2 Lawler, Kelly. "USA Today by Kelly Lawler". USA Today. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  9. HarperCollins Publishers (9 September 2014). "International Bestselling Author James Frey Launches His Next Book Series with John Hanke, VP of Google's Niantic Labs". PR Newswire. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

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