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From a lush, dazzlingly original new voice in YA fantasycomes an epic clash of witches, gods and demons as the fate of humanity hangsin the balance.Elysium, Oklahoma, is a town like any other. Respectable.God-fearing. Praying for an end to the Dust Bowl.Until the day the Dust Soldiers arrive ? until the people ofElysium learn it's all a lie. You see, there isn't only one god. There are twosisters: Life and Death. And the Sisters like to gamble against each other withthings like time and space and human lives.Elysium is to become the playboard in a ruthless gamebetween the goddesses. The Dust Soldiers will return in ten years' time, and ifthe people of Elysium have not proved themselves worthy, all will be slain.Nearly ten years later, seventeen-year-old Sal Wilkinson iscalled upon to lead Elysium as it prepares for the end of the game.