'Dear citizens, welcome to the most important day of the year, where from today teenagers will once again have the chance to prove themselves in front of the whole country. Like every year, it will be another great spectacle, with blood-curdling games.' Hundred teenagers must compete in a life-and-death contest. Only ten of them will survive. The games they play are gruesome. Nobody is safe. Ash is drawn, and she'll have to participate. But then fate strikes, and her little sister has to go with her. Will she be able to keep them both alive? Or is it impossible to come back unharmed from a deadly contest anyway? This is a rewritten and translated version of Death Game, which was Dutch. Both versions are mine. If you like the Hunger Games and Squid Game, I definitely recommend this story. Part 1 of the Tears series

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