Audiobook Review: The Wrong Game
Jay never asked to be special. In Vesper City — a brutal, neonlit world ruled by gangs, corruption, and a mysterious force called the Engine — survival is the only goal. But when Jay is marked by the Engine during a catastrophic surge, he becomes something the city has never seen before: an anomaly. A glitch. A living conduit of power the Jackals will kill to control. Barely clinging to life, Jay is taken in by a small, fiercely loyal group — Mia, Malik, Lena, Rafe, and Seraphine — who risk everything to keep him alive. As Jay’s health collapses and the Engine’s influence grows, the group flees through tunnels, ruins, and corrupted districts, fighting both the city and the supernatural force awakening inside him. Mia becomes Jay’s anchor, refusing to let him slip away even as the Engine tries to claim him. Their bond deepens through every neardeath moment, every collapse, every breath Jay struggles to take. When the Engine finally drags Jay into its realm — a surreal, shifting wo...