Endgame: The Calling (58 page)

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About the Authors

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JAMES FREY
is originally from Cleveland. All four of his books,
A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard, Bright Shiny Morning
, and
The Final Testament of the Holy Bible
, were international bestsellers.

NILS JOHNSON-SHELTON
is the coauthor of the international bestseller
No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels.
He is also the author of the Full Fathom Five series for tweens Otherworld Chronicles.

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ENDGAME: THE CALLING
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Frey, James, date

Endgame : the calling / James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton. — First edition.

pages cm. — (Endgame ; 1)

ISBN 978-0-06-233258-5 (hardback)

[1. Science fiction. 2. Survival—Fiction. 3. Contests—Fiction.] I. Johnson-Shelton, Nils. II. Title. III. Title: Calling.