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Read her.\"  – E. Lockhart, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of We Were Liars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA seemingly ordinary high school student. A mysterious summer internship. And a legendary games designer, now dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen an ad for an internship with the Louisiana Veda Foundation appears, Arcadia 'Dia' Gannon rushes to apply. Veda's game-making empire, Darkly, was renowned for its ingenious and terrifying games back in the day and Dia is as obsessed with them as anyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe remaining games are priced like highly sought-after works of art, with the rarest and most notorious commanding tens of millions of dollars at auction. Now, Dia is thrust into the enigmatic heart of the operation. But who are these other interns? Why do they all seem to have something to hide? And why was she really chosen? It soon becomes clear that this summer will be the most twisted Darkly game of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR DARKLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Complex and captivating.\" Erin A. 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They'd seen everything.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing debut.  As teenager Blue van Meer tells her story we are hurled into a dizzying world of murder and butterflies, womanizing and wandering, American McCulture, The Western Canon, political radicalism and juvenile crushisms.  Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class (with hand-drawn Visual Aids), Blue's wickedly funny yet poignant tale reveals how the imagination finds meaning in the most bewildering times, the ways people of all ages strive for connection, and how the darkest of secrets can set us free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beneath the foam of this exuberant debut is a dark, strong drink' Jonathan Franzen, author of, \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Any [Donna] Tartt fan disappointed that her second novel had little in common with her debut should rush out and buy this book immediately... 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