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DEATH GAME
A new game, a terrifyingly dark world, and the battle for the human soul…
Levi Jensen, once the world's greatest gamer, grapples with a fractured mind while his friend, Amir, prepares to unveil a revolutionary gaming The Tarjian Chronicles. But as the launch approaches, a glitch threatens real-life consequences for players—death in the game means death in real life. Trapped in a dark and crumbling virtual world, Levi and Amir must confront their past and battle to save both their friendship and their lives.
Death Game is a grippingly subversive GameLit thriller, blending horror and dark fantasy, exploring the boundaries of imagination and the price of redemption.
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“Joseph Sale fans, rejoice! Death Game is at once a propulsive thriller, a story of romance and friendship, and an exploration of reality and the self. Joseph Sale uses his mastery of manipulating light and shadow (micro in his prose and macro in his characters, settings, and themes) to reveal the beauty of darkness and to glorify goodness, meanwhile delivering a wildly exciting adventure which could be described as Tolkien a la David Lynch.”
—Christa Wojciechowski, author of Popsicle, editor of Gamut Magazine
“Death Game balances its readers - and its characters - on a razor's edge between exhilaration and panic from start to finish.”
—Lezlie of The Nerdy Narrative
Levi Jensen, once the world's greatest gamer, grapples with a fractured mind while his friend, Amir, prepares to unveil a revolutionary gaming The Tarjian Chronicles. But as the launch approaches, a glitch threatens real-life consequences for players—death in the game means death in real life. Trapped in a dark and crumbling virtual world, Levi and Amir must confront their past and battle to save both their friendship and their lives.
Death Game is a grippingly subversive GameLit thriller, blending horror and dark fantasy, exploring the boundaries of imagination and the price of redemption.
Reviews
“Joseph Sale fans, rejoice! Death Game is at once a propulsive thriller, a story of romance and friendship, and an exploration of reality and the self. Joseph Sale uses his mastery of manipulating light and shadow (micro in his prose and macro in his characters, settings, and themes) to reveal the beauty of darkness and to glorify goodness, meanwhile delivering a wildly exciting adventure which could be described as Tolkien a la David Lynch.”
—Christa Wojciechowski, author of Popsicle, editor of Gamut Magazine
“Death Game balances its readers - and its characters - on a razor's edge between exhilaration and panic from start to finish.”
—Lezlie of The Nerdy Narrative
348 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 5, 2025
About the author
Joseph Sale
63 books64 followersJoseph Sale is an author and filmmaker. He has published more than 30 books, including The Book of Thrice Dead, Virtue’s End, Dark Hilarity, and The Claw of Craving. He is drawn to the baroque, the spiritual, and the mythic like a moth to flame.
He lives in the south of England with his wonderful family, where he obsesses over table-top RPGs, trading card games, book bindery, esoteric Christianity, and anime.
He lives in the south of England with his wonderful family, where he obsesses over table-top RPGs, trading card games, book bindery, esoteric Christianity, and anime.
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July 23, 2025
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Death Game is the second book in the Levi’s Game series by Joseph Sale! I was so, so lucky to beta read this last year for Joseph and it’s finally release time!
An epic story of family, love, greed, corruption, death and heroism; Levi’s Game has everything a litrpg needs to suck you in and keep you invested.
Book two dives deeper into the battles of dark and light, of righteousness and repulsion. Levi and Amir are standing at a crossroads, and the stakes have never been higher.
This is the second of a series, so if you haven’t read Save Game definitely do that first. You won’t be disappointed!
4.75 stars rounded up!! Seriously just leaving room for the rest of the series but I’m absolutely enamoured with this world and these characters. It’s an absolute hit!
Death Game is the second book in the Levi’s Game series by Joseph Sale! I was so, so lucky to beta read this last year for Joseph and it’s finally release time!
An epic story of family, love, greed, corruption, death and heroism; Levi’s Game has everything a litrpg needs to suck you in and keep you invested.
Book two dives deeper into the battles of dark and light, of righteousness and repulsion. Levi and Amir are standing at a crossroads, and the stakes have never been higher.
This is the second of a series, so if you haven’t read Save Game definitely do that first. You won’t be disappointed!
4.75 stars rounded up!! Seriously just leaving room for the rest of the series but I’m absolutely enamoured with this world and these characters. It’s an absolute hit!
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