The Zero Game - Softcover

Meltzer, Brad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340825030 ISBN 13: 9780340825037

Publisher: Hodder Paperback, 2004

Synopsis

Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are best friends who have plum jobs as senior staffers to well-respected congressmen. But after a decade in Washington, idealism has faded to disillusionment, and they're bored. Then one of them finds out about the clandestine Zero Game. It starts out as good fun - a simple wager between friends. But when someone close to them ends up dead, Harris and Matthew realise the game is far more sinister than they ever imagined - and that they're about to be the game's next victims. On the run, they turn to the only person they can trust: a sixteen-year-old Senate page who can move around the Capitol undetected. As a ruthless killer creeps closer, this idealistic page no only holds the key to saving their lives, but is also determined to redeem them in the process. Come play the Zero Game - you can bet your life on it...

About this title

About the Author:

Brad Meltzer is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Book of Fate, and five other bestselling thrillers: The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires and The Zero Game. He is also one of the co-creators of the American TV show, Jack & Bobby, and is the writer of the #1 selling graphic novels, Identity Crisis and Justice League of America. He is also the host of Brad Meltzer's Decoded for the History Channel, the second season of which airs in October 2011. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School, he currently lives in Florida. Visit Brad's website, www.bradmeltzer.com; find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BradMeltzer; or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/bradmeltzer.

From AudioFile:

Washington has been the focus for Brad Meltzer's novels--The Supreme Court, Washington attorneys, and in Zero Game, congressional staffers. Open this window into political insiders, influence peddling and the harmless-looking game of betting on the outcome of congressional bills. Caught up in what is immediately apparent as a deadly game, Harris Sandler and a young Senate intern are off on a wild chase-adventure with plenty of surprises. Scott Brick exhibits his knack for ratcheting the tension of high-stakes drama. His narration remains calm yet listeners feel the characters' turmoil of fear, confusion, and anger. He delivers the blistering pace of the action without losing a beat. The extensively researched details of the inside workings of Washington pay off, as Meltzer and Brick convince us that the game could be real. R.F.W. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Paperback
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0340825030
• ISBN 13: 9780340825037
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480