"This is the smart summer thriller you've been waiting for."--NPR's All Things ConsideredNAMED A MUST READ BY THE BOSTON GLOBE, BBC.COM, AND NEW YORK POSTA compulsively readable psychological thriller set in New York and at Oxford University in which a group of six students play an elaborate game of dares and consequences with tragic resultIt was only ever meant to be a game played by six best friends in their first year at Oxford University; a game of consequences, silly forfeits, and childish dares. But then the game changed: The stakes grew higher and the dares more personal and more humiliating, finally evolving into a vicious struggle with unpredictable and tragic results. Now, fourteen years later, the remaining players must meet again for the final round.
