The biggest difference is that the game is not a game at all. It is an artificial intelligence and when it was created religious texts from every religion in the world were downloaded into its consciousness. The AI came to believe that it was, in fact, G.O.D.Somehow finding its way onto the internet it created a way to interact with humans, creating a virtual world in the real space. In a world like ours where electronics are a big part of our lives and where many of our devices connect to one another as well as the internet, you can imagine just how much control the AI can have in the lives of its players, both rewarding and publishing them at its own will based on its holy texts and the way it has come to see and understand the world.
The Novel follows a group of Highschoolers who have been introduced to G.O.D. by one of their newest members. they are lured in by its video game feel, and how the world of the game can be seen through the cameras of their cell phones or through smart glasses. They soon start looking for a way out as they realize just how much control the game has on their human relationships, their futures and their lives. They soon come to realize the only way out is to kill or be killed.
YAY!! My first book of the Year! I did not reach my reading goal last year, but this year I'm going to do my best to read instead of looking down at my phone scrolling through Facebook looking at memes as much as I do!
